Bread

"Give us today our daily bread" (Matthew 6:11).

The first thing I did today when I got home was open the fridge door, pull out some leftover garlic bread and warm it up: my hunger never goes away.

This morning I was eating oranges and thinking about how many mornings I have eaten oranges for breakfast and how no matter what I still love eating them: my hunger never goes away.

Everyday I wake up hungry. I ate yesterday, but I need to eat today. I had friends yesterday, but I need friends today. I read books yesterday, but I need to read today. There's not a day that goes by that I don't need.

So here's a powerful thing: I can ask God today for what I need. I can ask him for food (though that is rarely lacking), for emotional sustenance, for opportunities to grow, for his presence, and for his power. It's the simplest thing I can do.

I imagine it is also the sweetest. I imagine that God is touched by what I ask for and how I ask it. "If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!" (Matthew 7:11).