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Monday... It means so much, especially on Monday.


Monday... It means so much, especially on Monday, especially during football season. 

Victory is so important on Monday during football season, especially if you are a gambler. I live in Las Vegas and so much money changes hands on Sunday and people feel the affect on Monday.

Now I am not a gambler but I for so many years was affected emotionally when my team lost. I love all sports but especially baseball. I have been a fan of the Dodgers all the way back to when they were the Brooklyn Dodgers. I would go to pieces when they lost until I came to the realization that I had no control over when they won or lost so why should I let it affect my emotions, and make life miserable for me and those around me. That change really made a differece in my enjoyment. Now I love it when my teams win but it doesn't make me so miserable when they lose.  

King David in the Old Testament of the Bible had the right perspective. In Psalms 62:7 (NLT) he says, "My victory and honor come from God alone." Now that always make us a winner. It may not seem like it but life is not over yet.

In verse 6, he writes, "Let all that I am wait quietly before God for my hope is in him." It all depends upon where we put our hope. 

Now I am a Denver Broncos' football fan and they have really looked bad at the beginning of this season. They finally won but they have been playing like they would never win. I hoped they would but I wasn't real confident. Now I have also been a Chicago Bears' fan. They played each other and one of them had to lose and it was the Bears. Every weekend half of the football teams are winners and half are losers. But even in the most difficult of times if I wait quietly before God and put my hope in him, I am confident because my victory and my honor comes from God.

David goes on, verses 6-7 says, "He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will not be shaken. My victory and honor comes from God alone. He is my refuge, a rock where no enemy can reach me." 

And he then says in verse 8, "O my people, trust in him at all times. Pour out your heart to him, for God is our refuge." Now that is where real victory comes from and it will last. 

Hebrews 1:3-4 in the New Testament of the Bible says, "The Son radiates God's own glory and expresses the very Character of God, and he sustains everything by the mighty power of his command. When he cleansed us from our sins, he sat down in the place of honor at the right hand of the majestic God in heaven. This shows that the Son is greater than angels, just as the name God gave him is greater than their names." 

Now that is a real winner. "My victory and honor comes from God alone." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


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