Half a year is gone today. The year 2024 ceases to be the new year and begins tomorrow to be the year on the way out. Most of the new year resolutions have long faded away. We just have to make it through the next couple hot months and autumn will proclaim its dominance.
I put out my July 4 yard flags, but it won’t be long (maybe two more months if we are lucky) and we will be seeing Halloween and Christmas decorations on store shelves.
The other night we had the earliest presidential debate … two candidates going at each other even before they have been officially nominated at their party’s convention.
We seem to be constantly rushing ahead, and in doing so already anxious about all the troubles and concerns that might arise. Our foolish theme song is “What’s going to happen IF ….”
Jesus, in His Sermon on the Mount, told us not to bring tomorrow’s troubles into our todays. “So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.” [Matthew 6:34 NLT]
I must admit my heart and mind sometimes worry about tomorrow. I am closer to 78 now than 77. I have pain every day and in lots of places. I worry about how much worse that might be next year.
Instead, today, this last day of June, I think I will take Jesus’ admonition and just enjoy where I am. Tomorrow will take care of tomorrow. And I have the assurance that whether today or tomorrow, Jesus will take care of me.
