I have had diabetes since I was six years old. For most of those nearly forty years I have not taken the care of myself that I should. While I have plenty of reasons (or maybe better excuses) why that's so, one of the biggest obstacles to my taking decent care is tomorrow. Blood sugars too high? No worry - I will do better tomorrow. No exercise today? I'll make it to the Y tomorrow. Ate way too much and of the wrong stuff? I will eat more wisely tomorrow. You get the picture - maybe you get the life I have in consequence too.
The problem, of course, is that tomorrow never comes. Even my blog demonstrates this trap in my life. I will blog tomorrow - next week - hmmm. Now it's been weeks instead of days and I have blogged three times since Christmas Day. Pretty sure I've done as well with my diabetes, exercise - not to mention prayer life, reading, Scripture study, finances.
What is the antidote to tomorrow? I wish that I knew! Hope is a good thing. Ignoring reality is not. Faith is a powerful gift. Recklessness is a curse. Today is the answer to tomorrow and not the other way around. Today is the day to do something about my blood sugars, my bank balance, my spiritual discipline.
"Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble." (Matthew 6:34 ESV)
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