Monday... So, how was your weekend?

Psalm 25:3 (AMP), "Indeed, none of those who [expectantly] wait for You will be ashamed, those who turn away from what is right and deal treacherously without cause will be ashamed (humiliated, embassasswd)."

I live in Las Vegas, the fun capital of the world. We even had the world here this weekend. We had a Formula 1 race and the world was here. But I usually ask my brarista friends in my coffee shop each Monday morning, "How was your weekend?" and then ask, "Was there any jail time?" I know, I know, that is a grandpa joke but for many in this town, it isn't a joke. They party too much and may end up in jail.

So, how was your weekend?

Now, I just had two of my barista friends say they saw me in church Saturday night and that was a good thing.

Yes, weekends are usually in our hands. We get to choose what we do more than the work week and some could feel ashamed when I ask that question. It wasn't a good weekend.

Now King David writes here in Psalm 25:3a, "Indeed, none of those who [expectantly] wait for You will be ashamed,"

Now 1 Peter 4:14 (NLT) says, "If you are insulted because you bear the name of Christ, you will be blessed, for the glorious Spirit of God rests upon you." And verse 16 (NIRV), "But suppose you suffer for being a Christian. Then don't be ashamed. Instead, praise God because you are known by the name of Christ."

We don't need to be ashamed for being a Christian. Some may ridicule us but look at this. Psalm 25:3b (AMP) says, "those who turn away from what is right and deal treacherously without cause will be ashamed (humiliated, embarrassed)."

And later David writes a prayer that we could pray. Verses 20-21 says, "Do not let me be ashamed or disappointed, for I have taken refuge in You. Let integrity and uprightness protect me, for I wait [expectantly] for You."

Verse 3a says, "Indeed, none of those who [expectantly] wait for You will be ashamed." And here in verse 21 he says, "Let integrity and uprightness protect me, for I wait [expectantly] for You."

So how does our Monday look? It has a lot to do with our expectation.

Again, "Indeed, none of those who [expectantly] wait for You will be ashamed." And, "Let integrity and uprightness protect me, for I wait [expectantly] for You." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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