Sunday, July 08, 2007

Daily Bread

In the section of the catechism on the Lord's Prayer it says:

God certainly gives daily bread to everyone without our prayers, even to all evil people...

What is meant by daily bread?

Daily bread includes everything that has to do with the support and needs of the body, such as food, drink, clothing, shoes, house, home...


I'm wondering how exactly our needs for water are going to be met. I already struggle with this idea since the kids' clothes are worn through and have been grown out of in many cases so it makes it worse that now we are having water problems. Our well isn't producing enough to keep up with our needs at all. We've called around only to find that no one will sell us water that we can haul ourselves unless we have the means to hook up to a fire hydrant and we don't have the ability to pay someone to haul it for us. Paul's mom is allowing us to fill up a barrel for right now but that isn't enough for anything other than drinking and cooking. The well driller we called still hasn't called us back but even if he did we have no way to pay for a new well or to even finance one. I've been reminded that I should just have faith and let it go but I can't seem to do that. Maybe I should worry more about that than the lack of water...

1 comment:

Presbytera said...

God uses means to deliver daily bread. Ordinarily he uses Paul's work converted to a paycheck converted to the ability to pay for things. There is nothing wrong with exploring possibilities about how He will provide water for you. It is not an act of unbelief. You and Paul are using your vocation as mother and father as you provide for your family. You are certainly NOT acting without faith!