Just back from the supermarket and putting my half dozen loaves in the freezer when I thought about the line in the Lord's Prayer "Give us this day our daily bread"

When I pray this I am asking God to provide me with enough to get through this day, but I don't really rely on that, instead I carry out my plans for weeks and months ahead. I wonder if its possible with a family to just live from day to day, because surely without all that organisation and planning the whole thing would fall apart.

 

Maybe it means to be content in the moment, to make space to consider every moment of that day and not to let it rush by considering what needs to be done tomorrow. Its a beautiful idea and far removed from our reality where we seem driven on to the next thing. But then God never had much faith in our reality did he, he shows us a radical alternative and lets us choose.

"Give us this day our daily bread" Matthew 6 vs 11