begin the day with Christ’s prayer: “Give us this day our daily bread.” Remember that that prayer asks only for today’s bread. It doesn’t complain about the stale bread we had to eat yesterday; and it doesn’t say: “Oh, God, it has been pretty dry out in the wheat belt lately and we may have another drought-and then how will I get bread to eat next autumn-or suppose I lose my job-oh, God, how could I get bread then?” No, this prayer teaches us to ask for today’s bread only. Today’s bread is the only kind of bread you can possibly eat.
