The day of the camel

That's right it's hump day, and the word hump has so many meanings(some of which I don't wish to discuss in this blog lol) and it has come to be the term used for Wednesday. I know that there are times in our lives where we are trying to get through something, and we say we want to get over the hump. If we can just get over the hump it's all down hill after that. The hump referred to here is the peak of a mountain or hill. If any of you have ever climbed a mountain(i haven't) you climb and the climb is extremely rigorous but your mind is focused on the peak. At that moment that you reach the peak you know that the climbing is over with, you have reached the highest point and from that point on whether you take the same path you just climbed back down or if you go down crossing the mountain you have an easy way from that point on. In our lives we get discouraged, we get beat up and we let things drag us down. One way to figure out if God is a priority in your life is where your week starts. If you consider Sunday the end of your weekend then when you actually do go to church you are giving Him the final day of the week. If you see Sunday as the first day of the gift of a new week then you are giving God your first day of the week. You are kicking your week off the way God had desired for you to. THis mindset makes Mondays a lot more barable as well. Sunday is my day to grow in God and kick off the new week. We all hate Mondays and dread the first day of the work week, then comes Tuesdays which arent' much better than Mondays but they are closer to Fridays. NExt comes hump day and if you can just survive hump day it's all a downhill cruise to the next weekend. Thursday is kind of a day that is crammed in between Hump day and Friday and then Friday morning we wake up ready for the weekend. The hump is about endurance and here is a little bit about what the Bible says endurance is and comes from. 1 Thessalonians 1:3 We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. In other words Hump day, Friday, a three day weekend or even a week's vacation is no where near the inspiration for endurance that hope in GOd can give us. In the simplest of terms we are facing Hump day today, hoping that it will go smoothly right to the peak of the week so that the downhill slide leads us right into a great weekend. Paul is remember before God that the reason we do all that we do is by faith. THere is no gaurantee of anything in this world, a paycheck, a job tomorrow, another day or another breathe we do it all based on faith that it will happen. The labor you put into your work is for love, either love for your job or love for your family and wanting to provide for them and finally we endure it all because of the hope Jesus Christ planted deep down inside of us the day he died on a cross for our sins and then raised again. Hope is where it is at, and hopefully you are hoping for more today than just a good hump day or a great upcoming weekend. Hopefully, you are longing for God to use you and longing for the day you are in eternity with Him based on your personal relationship with Him. Thanks for reading and have a great Hump day!