One Day at a Time

I remember my mother putting a bumper sticker on her car whenI was a kid that said “One Day at a Time.” Of course this is one of the popular slogans of AlcoholicsAnonymous.  At the time, I didn't reallythink of it as anything helpful for my own life, but I could see it washelpful for her.  It wasn't until later that I realized the slogan came from the words of Jesus in Matthew6:34 when he says “don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry aboutitself.”  

In other words, one day at a time.

Jesus was talking about battling worry, but hiswords can be used to battle just about any human frailty.  It’s really hard to defeat a struggle whenyou think of having to defeat it every single day, all the time, for the restof your life.  It’s a big relief to realize that you don’t have to beat your struggles everyday.  You just have to beat them this day.

So try it.  Strugglingin a particular area?  Add Jesus’ wordsto your arsenal against that struggle.  Only pray that God will carry you through yourstruggle this day.  You will see, like so many others, thattaking things one day at a time is the way to go.