daily bread

Give us this day our daily bread.

I find it comforting that God encourages us to ask for what we need one day at a time. Not one week at a time. Not one year. Just one day. It breaks down all those big looming overwhelming worries of the future into something much more manageable. It puts things into perspective in a way that brings a calm to my day. C.S. Lewis puts it eloquently:

"Happy work is best done by the man who takes his long-term plans somewhat lightly and works from moment to moment “as to the Lord.” It is only our daily bread that we are encouraged to ask for. The present is the only time in which any duty can be done or grace received." (Lewis, Learning in War Time)