Today is enough

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Today can be a terrible day.  Today can be a day you wish you never had to see.  Today can be a monumental day with great pain. Today can be a day with just too much to do!  Today can be loaded with stress and mistakes. Today can be a day where you feel like the bug, not the windshield!


Today is the only day you have to make it through, though.  Just today.


Sometimes the only task in life is to make it through the day. During these days you need God, but the most of you feel like he has left you.  God has not left you. Then why did this terrible awful thing happen? I don’t know, but one day you will know.
We are not supposed to know all the reasons why.  
God can calm the storm.  You can feel peace in great chaos.  You have to ask for it though, and you have to be willing to receive it.  What does that mean or look like? Well for me, it looks like taking a moment in my head to say “Lord, help me with this” and you can add more if you'd like.  Sometimes I feel instant relief. Sometimes I don’t. Sometimes I have to come back to the issue with a clear mind. Sometimes divine intervention occurred because I got out of the way!  
Today could be a day that has a stack of work to be done, and you are feeling defeated because you didn’t get it all done.  You are only you. You can only do so much!


Maybe today everything you touched “fell apart” and you forgot to do this extremely important thing for your significant other or for your kids...  There is always tomorrow. Wake up and try again.
Life happens.  We screw up. Mistakes happen.  It is what you do after the mistake that matters.   
Apologize and do better.  Try again. Ask for help do something about it - pray for guidance!
Most of us worry about tomorrow all day today...Today has enough problems, so stop worrying about tomorrow!
Jesus said when you pray, say:
“Father
Hallowed be your name,
Your kingdom come.
Give us each day our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins,
For we also forgive everyone who sins against us.
And lead us not into temptation”
Luke 11:2-4
This means pray just for today…. just ask for your daily bread to make it through the day!  
Life is lived one day at a time.  Life can change in an instant.


Make today awesome.  Be the best you can for today only.  Finish as much as you can today. Make good choices today so you aren't suffering tomorrow.  Choose to eat well so you aren’t sick tomorrow. Don’t spend all your money today so you won’t be broke tomorrow.  Don’t be a jerk today and you don’t have to apologize tomorrow!


If you can’t get it all done, do what you can and do the rest tomorrow.


We make life much more complicated than it has to be most of time.  We are meant to live a full life. Each day is a day of our lives and we will not get that day back.  Let's be joyful. Let's be excited. Let's make different decisions if we didn’t like the results. Let's live for today.  Let's make the best of today. Lets wave and say hi to each other. Let's smile and be friendly. Let's choose to be happy for today.  Just today.


Be Different Folks!

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