This song isn’t from a musical, but was written in response to a suggestion by the choir director at the local church I frequently attend. I wanted to write a hymn-like song that would be a meditation on my favorite biblical quotation—”Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof” –from Matthew 6:34.—J. Linn Allen

EACH DAY

EACH DAY IS A BOWL THAT BRIMS

WITH ALL THAT LIFE CAN BRING.

EACH DAY HAS ITS BAD AND GOOD,

ITS SPAN OF EVERYTHING.

EACH DAY IS ITS OWN, A RISE

AND FALL THAT CAN’T REPEAT,

SO TAKE EACH DAY AS GIVEN AND YOU’LL

MAKE THAT DAY COMPLETE.

THINK LESS ABOUT TOMORROW,

TOMORROW LURKS IN DOUBT.

TOMORROW CRIES ALOUD OF WOES

THAT NEVER COME ABOUT.

TOMORROW IS A FOREIGN KING

ALONE IN HIS GREAT HALL

NEXT DAY THAT KING AND ALL HIS WEALTH

MAY NOT BE THERE AT ALL.

YOU SAY TODAY THERE IS NO JOY,

JUST DARKNESS AND DISMAY,

AND YOU MUST WAIT FOR TIME TO COME,

FOR LOVE IS GONE AWAY.

BUT THOUGH TODAY’S CREATIVE FIRES

MAY SEEM COLD AND DEAD,

EVEN BURIED DEEP THEY BURN

WHEN GLEAMS OF LIGHT HAVE FLED.

SO MAKE EACH MOMENT PRECIOUS

EVEN AS IT SINKS TO EARTH,

EACH DAY AND ALL ITS MOMENTS COME

NEWBORN TO SHOUT THEIR WORTH

WE CAN MAKE THESE DAYS A BLESSING

AS THEY SINK TO EARTH

IF ONLY WE HAVE WILL TO GIVE THEM BIRTH.