Daily Bread

Yesterday, I had lunch with some friends and the Lord's prayer was read by a baby Christian from a version I don't believe I've heard before. When it got to the part of "give us this day our daily bread", it had the words "day by day" at the end. So it read, give us this day our daily bread day by day. I sort of liked that day by day mention and felt led to share about the Israelites telling Moses they were hungry and God made bread come down from heaven called Manna. Each morning the people ate this moist bread that appeared on the ground and were filled. However, when they went to save or hoard some bread for the next night (or, if I were there, a late night snack), the bread would spoil. Therefore, they couldn't save any for the next day but had to rely on God day by day for His bread. The bread of life. I have to admit, when us four girls were children and we got some ice cream, we would try to see who could eat it the slowest. The part that was troubling was it wasn't so we could really enjoy it later (because ice cream melts) but for the enjoyment of being able to eat it in front of the sisters that had already ate theirs up. Some of us would bargain with those that had so that we could get their portion. Some of us simply took it from the younger ones. But the point I'm getting at was the motive. Do we save things so that we have the delusion of security in the future? Do we save things so that our sisters might see them and want them? Or, do we save and obtain so that we can give freely, what has in a sense been given to us? Only God knows our hearts. The older I get the healthier I believe it is to live in this day, fully enjoying what we can share, give and use. After all, we are only really here for a moment. We are like vapors that are here for a while and then gone. How would today be if we thought today was our last? How would I be? I think I'm going to try to live day by day. Let go of yesterday, not fret about tomorrow but look at today and all the neat things the Lord is going to put in it. Sounds peaceful...