Verse of the Day - Matthew 6:34

So don't worry about tomorrow. Tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. ~ Matthew 6:34 (NIrV)

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"Borrowing trouble..." Ever heard that phrase? Do you live that phrase?

It's amazing how much we can worry about what hasn't happened yet, about future unknowns. Some are very real concerns that have the writing on the wall . . . pink slips declaring layoffs, a doctor's diagnosis after finding a lump, a divorce after years of marital misery. But the reality is that we have no idea what will happen tomorrow! You might be worried about a meeting with your boss at work tomorrow, but tomorrow, you wake up with a bad cold and have to call in sick...or your boss calls in sick! You worry about getting a layoff notice in the future, but what if tomorrow you get called for an interview for that job you applied for a month ago? We can worry all we want about the future, but today is where it's at. Today is where we're at.

Certainly there is a need for planning in life. If we never looked at the future, we wouldn't even have clean laundry; every day, just opening a drawer and expecting a clean shirt and jeans to be available, without planning a laundry day once a week. :-) But planning for the future is very different than worrying about what hasn't happened yet. Jesus asks us to take each day as it comes and deal with today's troubles today. And tomorrow's troubles tomorrow.

We can't change the past; that is written in cement. We can't forecast the future; that is a bird that hasn't landed. We can tackle today -- it's 16 waking hours of 'in the present'. Just tackle that. Don't borrow trouble. Let tomorrow deal with itself.

When tomorrow's troubles come knocking on your mental door, you have a choice to put the "do not disturb" sign on the doorknob. It really is a choice, ya know? I hope you can learn to rely on God for today, and wait until tomorrow for tomorrow. He'll be there with you to deal with it then, too.

Love,
Joelene