Charles (Chuck) Kensinger

Remember in high school how you could not wait to get to school on Monday each week and see the friends that you did not hang out with on the weekend? You didn’t? That seems odd. I was going to relate that experience to how you look forward to working every Monday morning. 

You say you do not look forward to Monday mornings? That seems odd, also. The Apostle Paul tells us that we are to do our work as if it were done for Jesus.  If you were working for Jesus, you would be chomping at the bit for Monday, wouldn’t you? While our fellow workers are praising God for Friday, shouldn’t we praise Him for Monday and the opportunity to earn our own living?

Most think there is something wrong with “TGIM”. The universe began on Monday morning. According to the Western point of view, the first full day after Jesus’ resurrection was Monday. Since work should be looked on by the Christian as a blessing, shouldn’t the beginning of the work week be a blessing also?

I’m talking about craziness. No one likes Mondays, and they never will.  While unemployed, I dreaded the work week. Others returned to the job. Thousands like me joined the unemployment lines. We went to our computers and looked for work. In today’s modern society, the line is online. Most companies do not accept applications in person anymore. When you go to Wal-Mart to apply for a job, you are directed to an in-store computer where you can fill out the employment application.

The hardest job I have ever had was searching for employment. The agencies had my number. I received a few calls from them. Mostly, I received rejections from everyone. My twenty-five years in sales and customer service aided somewhat in keeping me from being overly depressed. Almost three years without regular work does take its toll.

These are the things I thought about this Monday. TGIM, thank God it is Monday and there is work to be done. My work now is writing. This is also my continuing ministry. I spent over forty years as a workplace minister until there was no workplace to minister in.

When I worked at Positronic Industries, that was my ideal job. I began as a buyer in the purchasing department and became a purchasing supervisor three months later. I was excited to go to work every day. Turn your work life over to Jesus and let Him become your boss.

The job I retired from was not as easy to handle as Positronic. There was stress from a boss who did not want me to make any of my own decisions. Everything had to be done the way he wanted it, and he did not understand when delivery dates or truck pickup times did not fit his schedule.

I kept telling myself that I was working for Jesus and not him. I made it through every day because I wasn’t trying to please anyone but my Lord. That worked for me. I hope it will work for you as well.

Copyright 2025 by Charles Kensinger