Inspired by lyrics from “No Problems Today” by Glen Roethel:
“I’ve got my problems, my problems, but not today….
I’ve got no problems today….
While I go walkin’, you know I’ll be smiling. The sun’ll be shining,’cause all day long I’m gonna sing my song.
I’ve got my problems, my problems, but not today.
I’ve got no problems today.”
Responsive Reading for January 23
“Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, his mercy endures forever . . . .
The LORD is with me as my helper…. This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice in it and be glad” (Ps. 118:1-24).
This is the day the LORD has made. I’ve got no problems today.
“The people grumbled to Moses in the wilderness, that they did not have food to eat. They said, “You had to lead us into this desert . . . . Then the LORD said to Moses, ‘I will now rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather their daily portion . . . . Eat it today…. The Israelites ate this manna for forty years, until they came to settled land” (Ex. 16:4-25).
God rains down bread from heaven for me. I’ve got no problems today.
“Give us today our daily bread” (Mt. 6:11).
I trust God for my daily bread and the substance of tomorrow’s bread. I’ve got no problems today.
“Do not worry about tomorrow. Tomorrow will take care of itself” (Mt. 6:34).
I live joyfully in the now, one day at a time. I’ve got no problems today.