Groundhog Day

Did you ever see the movie, Groundhog Day, starring Bill Murray? It was funny yet, intriguing. It’s a story about a man who wakes up to find that everyday is the same as the day before. He awakes to the same music on his alarm clock. It’s the same weather, the same hotel room and the same little town. At first he was very confused. Soon depression arose in his life because he could not shake the mundane of his everyday experience.

Wow, sometimes I feel like I’m living a Groundhog Day experience. I wake up in the same house; drive the same way to work, in the same vehicle to the same workplace day after day. I’m sure there are days when you feel the same. Sometimes it’s difficult to be a joyful Christian when the mundane settles in. This can easily numb our senses and drive away the creative attributes that God gave us.

My encouragement this week is for you to find something different to place into your day. It may mean driving a different way to work. (I did that this morning.) It may mean stopping by a convenient store for that morning or evening snack. When you get home from work or when the kids come home from school change up your evening routine. God wants us to live an abundant life, not a mundane life. We have a choice. Even Bill Murray changed something about his day knowing that it was essentially the same day repeated.