Life is So Daily

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Some days, I feel so worn down by life. Life is so daily. Every day, there are dishes to be washed, clothes to be folded and put away, diapers to change, floors to sweep, toys to clean up. Add to all that the other crap that comes with life. Dealing with people and misunderstandings, trying to keep everyone happy, media images of happy, slim, perfectly coiffed housewives.

Sprinkle that with fitting exercise into the daily schedule, teaching Ladybug her colors, letters, and numbers, and working with customers for my business. Add a pinch of trying to make healthy, wholesome food for my family, teaching our toddler good eating habits, not letting her watch too many videos, playing outside, and working in the small garden.

Ugh. I don't know about you, but daily life wears me down faster than anything else. We do all these things in the course of a single day. Then wake up the next day to do them all over again.

It can be a recipe for depression and anxiety.

But I was reminded recently that we are meant live life on a daily basis. Jesus taught His disciples to pray for their "daily bread," asking for what they needed on that day only, not for the days to come. When God provided manna for the Israelites as they wandered in the desert for forty years, He provided daily manna for them. Only on the sixth day was there ever extra manna so that they would not have to gather manna on the Sabbath. God provides for us on a daily basis.

Life may be daily, but it is in the daily-ness, that we learn to trust God more. Trust Him not only for our daily bread, but for the strength to find joy in all the mundane things of daily life. Trust Him to ease the anxiety about the future. Trust Him to for wisdom to make the right decisions for my family.

Trusting God is a day-by-day journey. In spite of the daily-ness of life that may get me down, I wouldn't want to be on this journey without Him!

Give us this day our daily bread...
Matthew 6:11