One Day At a Time. . .

Yes, I know that rings of an old familiar hymn. God is stressing this point with me this week. Our lesson in Sunday School was about worrying and being anixous. God reminded me of Matthew 6:34, Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. If you know me well, you know I am a born worrier. I come by it honestly (thanks mom, you know I love you). So the conversation in my head usually goes something like this: How are we going to get Hannah's adoption done before she's sixteen? The car needs an oil change, the tires on the van need replacing, oh, is the roof leaking? How can we earn extra income to pay down on debt, is the bathroom clean? Who's picking up the kids, getting Hannah to gymnastics, food on the table, and homework done? And on and on it goes.

Then God reminded me on Sunday that the birds do not worry about where there next meal will come from. They take it one day at a time. On my ride into work this morning, I just flipped over to a station I don't normally listen to. The guest speaker was talking about how to get through when you're overwhelmed by living one day at a time. Hmm, I sense a theme. I began thinking what can I commit to doing with the one day at a time in mind. Here where some of my thoughts: I can do anything if it's just for one day, right. Like I can watch what I eat for one day, I can watch what I spend for one day, I can let the bathroom be dirty for one day, I can stop looking six years ahead and enjoy Hannah for one more day.

But God didn't stop there. When I got to work I opened by devotion and read. The story was about a woman who has suffered with an illness for 20 years. The last line . . . but over the years she's learned that when she takes it just one day at a time and trusts the Lord for that day alone, her good days outnumber her bad.

Enough said.