I had been writing this Monday Morning Manna for more than a decade but had never heard this particular mispronunciation. In commenting on my writing, people often pause, trying to remember what it is called. \u201cI appreciate your Monday Morning . . . thing\u201d they will say, or \u201cI read your Monday . . . stuff.\u201d But this sweet lady was so sincere, when she said, \u201cI love your Monday Morning . . . Mania.\u201d What a difference a few letters make. Wikipedia says, \u201cManna is an edible substance which, according to the Bible, God provided for the Israelites during their travels in the desert during the forty-year period following the Exodus and prior to the conquest of Canaan.\u201d Every Monday morning, \u201cDr. Dan\u2019s . . . Manna\u201d is a one paragraph spiritual jump-start for the week \u2013 spiritual food to hopefully help get one through the week. But what about \u201cmania\u201d? Wikipedia describes mania as a \u201cmaniac-like syndrome.\u201d According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a maniac is a \u201cmad man, a lunatic,\u201d but it is also \u201ca person characterized by an inordinate or ungovernable enthusiasm for something.\u201d That\u2019s me! At least I possess the ability to laugh at myself, and I laughed at the idea of my \u201cManna\u201d being called \u201cMania,\u201d especially since I could be described as having an \u201cinordinate or unforgivable enthusiasm for something!\u201d The Psalmist said of God, \u201cHe who sits in the heavens shall laugh\u201d (Psalm 2:4). I can just picture God having a good belly laugh at the idea of me being likened to a maniac. O well, have a good week and enjoy a laugh at the expense of a mania-like maniac, manna writer. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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