Tuesday, April 20, 2004
Tuesday, April 20, 2004
So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own.
Today's trouble is enough for today.
(Matthew 6.34
NRSV)
He went on to explain that it used to be his habit to go to bed taking all his troubles and his fears with him. Sleeping poorly, his health was being undermined. One night he got up and went to the window. It was a beautiful night. "The garden below and the fields beyond were flooded in silvery moonlight," he said. "The perfect tranquility mocked the surging tumult of my brain. Why had I locked the office door so carefully if I wished all the ledgers and cash books and order forms to follow me home? Why had I closed the bedroom door so carefully if I wished all the cares of life to follow me in? I knelt down there at the windowsill, with the delicious air of the still night caressing my face, and then and there asked God to forgive me, and since then, when I've shut a door, I've shut a door."
That's good advice to all of us. It's too late to do anything about the past. Who knows what tomorrow will bring? Besides, tomorrow will be determined at least in part by how we perform today. So, let's shut the door on the past and even on the future, and let's make today a purposeful and productive one in serving our Lord.
God of peace, you have called me to make the best of today, so may my life mark this day with your love. Amen.
