Just For Today

There are many things you and I can do once or for one day that we couldn’t imagine doing for the rest of our lives. 

In 1921  in a newspaper column in the Boston Globe titled “Dr. Crane Says” by journalist Dr. Frank Crane he wrote 10 daily suggestions for living.  These were later picked up by recovery groups seeking to make sobriety feel more manageable.

For the next few days we will look at 8 Just for Today principles one at a time and how they can support and encourage us. For today, however, we’ll just review them as a whole.

JUST FOR TODAY

Just for today I will try to live in conscious contact with God praying only for knowledge of His will and the power to carry it out. 

Just for today I will strengthen my mind.  I will take a few minutes to read and meditate on God’s word, seeking God’s perspective for my life today.  I will take note of one helpful thing God is saying to me and seek to behave accordingly.

Just for today I will be joyful, optimistic, and grateful.  I will take time to notice the gifts in me, in others, and in my surroundings and let the rest go. 

Just for today I will adjust myself to what is and not try to adjust everything else to my desires. I will trust that God is working all things for good in my life.

Just for today I will be agreeable.  I will not criticize, not find fault, and not try to improve or control anybody except myself.  I will pray blessing on one person with whom I struggle to relate.

Just for today I will have a quiet half hour all by myself to relax and enjoy all that God is giving me.

Just for today I will be unafraid, believing that as I trust in God with all my heart and lean not on my own understanding, He will lead me along a good path.

Just for today I will seek to serve others with kindness, doing what is right, and walking humbly with God.

Loving God, help us to walk with You, doing all we can, but trusting in Your strength and guidance, even in our desires, to make positive change in our living today.  We leave the future with You and give our will and our life into Your care today. 

Have a great day.