APRIL 14
So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring
worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today.
—MATTHEW 6:34Easier said than done, especially if our whole life has been
shaken by loss. How are we not going to look toward the
future without some degree of worry? How am I going to
get through the rest of my life without the one I have lost?
It is all very well to urge that we trust our future to God,
that we acknowledge the futility of worry and just quit cold
turkey. It’s a matter of basic faith. It’s just common sense.
But as we know, common sense isn’t all that common.
And faith may need its props, its frames of reference.
Someone has suggested we try to live our lives in “day-
tight” compartments, as though a wall were dropped on
either side of this twenty-four-hour stretch of time. Not a
bad idea!
I know that worry is useless and a waste of time. I will try, today,
to put down a clump of worry, leave it, and walk away.