One Day at a Time

December 11, 2025

“Therefore, don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” Matthew 6:34

Today, you are being blessed with a guest author for our little Biblical Boost. My brother-in-law Kevin Stutzman has been diagnosed with ALS and recently wrote the following blog post about how he has been processing the truth found in Matthew 6:34. I trust that it will bless you as you seek to trust God with every aspect of your life. 

The phrase “one day at a time” is one that I’ve said many times over the past year. It is much easier to say it than to live it. It’s so easy to think about tomorrow and the future, and that can get in the way of living today.

Since being diagnosed with ALS, I have often talked about living one day at a time, but if I’m honest, I haven’t lived that way most of the time.

For me, it starts in my thinking. It’s so easy to let the unknowns of tomorrow overshadow what I have today. Will I need a wheelchair soon? Will I get to walk my daughters down the aisle? Will there be a breakthrough cure for ALS? How many “bucket list” items will I get to experience? Will I meet my grandchildren? Will my family be ok if something happens to me? Do I have the strength to face this disease? Is my faith strong enough to carry me through this? How would it be if I’m trapped inside my body? What could I have done differently? All these questions pull me down and away from the joy of living today.

Today I am able to walk and care for myself. Today I can talk to my family. Today I can cook dinner. Today I can play with my son. Today I can live life to the fullest.

So today, I will cook dinner, even if I need help chopping the vegetables. Today I will run errands with my wife. Today I will show my daughter how to check the oil in her car. Today I will keep my kids humored with dad jokes. Today I will show up for the life I have, not the life I fear.

Instead of worrying about how this will progress, or what my life might look like a year from now, I want to focus on the joy of today—the people in front of me and the blessings in my life.

Blessings, Phil