A woman was injured in a railway accident. After being placed in her bed and attended to by the doctor, she asked anxiously: "How long shall I have to lie helplessly here?"
"Only a day at a time," was the wise answer.
How much happier we would all be, we who know that an eternity of blessing is made sure to us through the work of Christ, if we took life a day at a time.
"Day by day the manna fell,
Oh, to learn the lesson well;
Still by constant bounty fed,
Give us, Lord, our daily bread."
The promise is not, "as thy weeks or months," but "as thy days so shall thy strength be." Deut. 33:2525Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be. (Deuteronomy 33:25). Grace is not issued in season tickets, but is "available on day of issue only."
The tomorrow we fear may never come. The Lord Himself may come today. Only a day at a time, anxious mother, weary sufferer, or tired preacher. "As thy days, so shall thy strength be."