It's what everyone says.
Take it one day at a time.
But sometimes, taking things one day at a time seems nearly impossible.
Because this day is full of worries,
And full of doubts,
About the next day,
Or the day after that,
Or the week after that,
Or the year after that.
One day at a time feels impossible,
When all the worries,
And concerns,
And fears,
Of the next day's take over this day.
How do you take on this day,
When the days to come feel too big?
When the days to come feel too unknown?
When the days to come feel too much?
On this day,
When days to come feel unknown or scary,
Choose to remember,
That God,
In His moments of creation,
Took things one day at a time.
God could have clapped his hands,
Or wiggled his nose,
Or coughed,
And all of creation could have appeared.
But instead,
He took it day by day.
He created light and darkness,
He created water and sky,
He created land and ocean,
He created plants,
He created the sun and the moon and the stars,
He created animals,
And finally he created His prized possessions,
His favorite masterpiece,
He created humans.
And each creation had it's own day,
It's own unique elements,
And at the end of every day God choose to take a step back and say,
This,
This day,
This creation,
This is good.
And even though He knew the mess we were going to make of his creation,
He took the time to step back,
And only focus on the trials of that day.
So today, choose to step back.
In the midst of change,
And uncertainty,
In the midst of fear,
Choose to step back and focus on today,
On the fact that even if every fear comes true,
Every unknown becomes known,
If tomorrow really is too big,
That today, we can step back and simply say,
Today,
Today it was good.
And maybe, by learning to take that step back,
We'll learn that maybe those fears aren't so scary,
And the unknown isn't so bad,
And that days might not seem too big,
When we recognize that if we can call today good,
We can do the same for those tomorrows.
