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One day at a time

Have you ever tried to live two days at a time? To carry out the tasks of today while trying to anticipate and respond to the problems that tomorrow may bring? We can of course make some preparations for tomorrow but to live in the future as if we could control its outcomes is precisely to be a thief of today’s experience. And whom will you pay to regain what is lost?

What I am learning (and relearning) thus far in this leukemia journey, now 13 months along, is that not I nor the doctors control anything. It is indeed one day at a time. This month-long cold is a good test of my immature immune system’s ability to fight. That and the ongoing GVHD fight continues one day at a time, over what seems like a long period of time.

But what else occurs one day at a time as you and I each fight our own battles? Grace and strength. In his immense suffering, Paul wrote:
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” (2 Corinthians 12:9) We receive these gifts if we ask and maintain faith and hope to receive them… One day at a time.

One day at a time sweet Jesus
That’s all I’m asking from you.
Just give me the strength
To do everyday what I have to do.
Yesterday’s gone sweet Jesus
And tomorrow may never be mine.
Lord help me today, show me the way
One day at a time.

“So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” Matthew 6:34