One Day at a Time

How do you do this? Isn't this so difficult? When I was coaching baseball, we would always tell our players to treat each day independent of each other. Treat one mistake as independent of another. Don't let one mistake turn into 3 or 4 mistakes. I believe this same thing works in our spiritual lives, but it is so difficult. We never know how much time God is going to give us to live on this earth to live, therefore we have to cherish each day we have. We must be careful not to get to high on the highs or to low on the lows. That is a recipe for disaster. We must give God the glory when things are good just as we call on Him for rescue when things are bad. Consistency! It's the key!

My brother Gregg was a great example of this. Two things he taught me that I remember so clearly today:
1. In baseball and in life, act the same if you strike a guy out or if you give up a home run.
2. Treat everyone the same, no matter who they are.

One of the best compliments I have ever heard was said by one of our customers about Gregg, he said, "Gregg always did what he said he was going to do!"

I wish that I could be this consistent and live one day at a time!

STP