It’s all about today

How often I’ve lamented
the missteps of my past
the failed friendships
the unrealized dreams
the jobs that didn’t last 

I’ve worried too
what the morrow might bring
the quandaries and trials
the fragility of health and wealth
the dread of the next phone ring 

But God, Truth, has since shown me
I can view life in a new way
and see that my tarnished history 
and the myriad errors of old
have simply prepared me for today 

He’s shown me too that whatever 
challenges may lie ahead
needn’t frighten, worry, nor wound 
but will buoy and bolster me,
illuming anew “our daily bread” 1

For all I will ever want or have
is God’s one endless day,
and my only obligation is to
live each moment lovingly, righteously
and for Him in my heart make way 


1 Matthew 6:11.

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