With my head in my hands, I prayed as I wept. I was just so tired emotionally and physically. I saw everything I needed to do and was overwhelmed. I was defeated before I even started. As I hung my head in defeat before a statue of The Immaculate Heart of Mary, repeatedly the phrase "One day at a time" came to me. I dried my eyes and went back to the seemingly endless chores and mountain of dishes in my kitchen. As I worked, I listened to the television in the next room. A new program was just starting. I heard a man talking about the Scripture reading above. It was Fr. Leo Clifford- One Day at a Time. I heard him suggest how unrealistic it would be to view things to do over a lifetime as if they were to be done at one time. Picture the hundreds or thousands of sick a doctor has to attend to over a lifetime. Think of every dish you have to wash over a lifetime, how impossible the task may seem. At that moment, I couldn't believe how God uses little things to encourage me. At this point I burst out laughing as tears started rolling down my cheeks. How great God is and how awesome that He gives us only one day at a time! I have always said that God never gives us more than we can handle, and with Him, all things are possible. I need to only worry about the parts I can handle through active effort, and I will allow God take care of the impossible. When my sight is on Him, I look up and live in today. This is the day He has given me. I wil takes it one day at a time.
