A frail, elderly woman fell and broke her hip. The doctor set the bones as best he could., but he knew that she would have a long and uncomfortable recovery.

The next day when he visited her in the hospital, he found her in great anxiety. “Oh, Doctor,” she asked, “how long am I going to have to stay in bed?”

With wisdom and kindness he gently replied, “Only one day - one day at a time!”

That was a wise answer. It reminds me of the words of the Lord Jesus. He taught a similar lesson when He said, “Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.” Matt. 6:34.

Not only that, tomorrow’s worries may never come to pass. A godly woman who had loved long enough to learn some important lessons about life said, “I’ve had a lot of trouble in my life - and most of it never happened!”

Are you burdened by worries about what might happen tomorrow? Do the days ahead seem dark and full of difficulties? Remember that grace and guidance are given to us like manna in the wilderness (Exodus 16:4), one day at a time!

Each day God sends His grace To strengthen you and me; We need to use today’s supply, And le tomorrow be.

God gives grace just when we need it.

You can’t change the past, but you ruin a perfectly good present by worrying about the future.

-Selected from THE AMITY HILLS BEACON