Every time I turn on the radio and hear that song by Daniel Powter called "Bad Day," I cringe. I’m just not a big fan of the song. I always thought the words were a bit cheesy (just my opinion of course). When I woke up on the morning of April 16th, I just figured it would be an ordinary day. By the time I went to bed that night, I found myself singing, "I had a bad day…." It was just a horrible 24 hours.

That morning, as I was getting ready to head to the church, my wife and I got into an argument. To be honest with you, I can’t even remember what the argument was about. All I know is by the time I left the house, we weren’t speaking. Not the way you want to start your Sunday morning off! A couple hours after I got to work, I received a call from a friend of mine. He called to inform me that a mutual friend of ours had died in a rafting accident. He was only 24 years old. Not more than an hour later, I get a text message from another friend of mine. He wanted to let me know that his Mom was finally succumbing to Alzheimer’s. The Doctors didn’t think she’d make it through the night. At lunch time, I get into my truck to go get myself a sandwich. The stick shift wouldn’t go into gear. Come to find out, my clutch had finally gone out. A couple hours later, I receive another call from a family friend. She’s so frustrated with her husband because he won’t stop abusing alcohol. She’s ready to leave him. By this point, I was so frazzled dealing with all of these things, all I could tell her was "hang in there."

What was the deal? What was God trying to tell me? Then I remembered what Jesus said. In Matthew 6:34, He instructed us, "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." I’ve always been one to plan out my entire week….sometimes my entire month. Of course it never turns out the way that I plan it. Jesus reminds us that all we have is right now, and He’s faithful to carry us through whatever comes our way.

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