Day by day

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. (Matthew 6:34 KJV)

To be forewarned is to be forearmed, but I wonder if in this it is just making me suffer in my mind today what I might have to endure tomorrow. And that is just the opposite of what the Bible says to do. “Do not worry or be anxious about tomorrow”. Now that doesn’t mean not to prepare for the future, but it does mean we aren’t supposed to let worries about bad things that might happen tomorrow ruin our today.

The apostle James said to not count on tomorrow at all. “Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a city and spend a year there and carry on our business and make money.’ Yet you do not know [the least thing] about what may happen tomorrow. What is the nature of your life? You are [really] but a wisp of vapor (a puff of smoke, a mist) that is visible for a little while and then disappears [into thin air].” (James 4:13-14)

I could be like Mark Twain who wrote, “I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, most of which never happened.”

And really, when it comes down to it, endurance isn’t that hard. If I can just take things day by day, every day that passes is one fewer to worry about. If I can make it through one day, making it through the next probably won’t seem quite as hard. [1]

Many things about tomorrow,
I don't seem to understand;
But I know who holds tomorrow,
And I know who holds my hand. - Ira F. Stanphill

[1] Activated Winter Is Coming