daily bread.

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here’s what’s ridiculous: how long it’s been since i’ve written. let’s just ignore dates and move on:) i can’t promise i’ll become more diligent anytime soon.

seriously though, a dear friend of mine and i were talking a few days ago and she reminded me of something very precious and true. [first a little context] unfortunately i can allow anxiety to become a constant in  my life without giving it much thought. my mind fast forwards past the present and speeds into tomorrow, the next day, the next week, the next month and you get the picture. as my mind calculates everything that is due, everything that could go wrong, and everything in between, i become anxious and worried. i pull all of my fears in and hold them close desperately trying to understand how i can work everything out. silly me. trying to play a role i simply cannot fulfill.

back to my sweet friend’s words of wisdom.  as i was spilling out each of my fears and worries she said to me, ‘meg. one day at a time- ask God for your daily bread just for today, not tomorrow- and i believe he will be faithful as he has been in the past.’ well. if that would not put me in my place, i do not know what would. she spoke truth into me. she gently took what i was gripping so tightly out of my hands, set it aside, and said i would be okay. actually, more than okay; God would provide. now, as i am learning to ask for my daily bread, i am able to rest and see God’s faithfulness because my mind is not in june or july. this is a learning process.  i am not good at it yet, but i am learning and i am thankful for those simple words given to me just when i needed them.

              

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