I’ve written several times about the 90 day book/journal I’ve been using. Today is day 78. It makes me smile in a way for after all of these days I finally catch onto the main message of this book which was clearly given on day 1. This message is that when anyone is wanting to break a habit, start a new healthy habit, change a belief system or address a character defect, it has to be done each and every day. One cannot change anything for a lifetime, but they can change it for today. The reason for this? God is in today–One of His many names is “I AM”. His name has never been I WAS or I WILL BE.

I write all of this because this morning as I was reading this devotional and making my daily commitment to sobriety for this day, I was lamenting that it is day 78 and I only have 12 more days to do this. It was then that I realized I can continue this process each and every day for the rest of my life. Along with this, I realized I’ve known this truth for a long time but never saw its application to me the way it hit me today. The serenity prayer says, “…one day at a time, one moment at a time….” Yet, I’ve not put this to real life until today. I’ve just wanted porn to be gone for the rest of my life! Well, today I accept the truth that it will be gone for this day–that I can do this today with God’s Strength. Tomorrow I will address it for that day for God will be present in it tomorrow. I will for today stay focused on today.

Now I realize why God had this author choose 90 days! Some of us need extra time for His Truth to sink in!