It’s true because it’s in the Bible.  It’s true because we live it.  It’s true, undeniably true.  It’s the phrase found in Proverbs 27:1 that says, “thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.”  When we consider that phrase, we usually think of something negative, but it’s not always that way.  A day can bring an unexpected burden, sure; but it can also bring a blessing.  But it’s the burdens that shape the topic of this note.  I’ve seen them this week.  Burdens of our church members facing trials due to health, jobs, relationships, finances, and seeing their friends or family moving away from the Lord.  Burdens faced by friends of mine dealing with many of the same issues.  Burdens faced by fellow pastors that find their heart aching for their flocks or the pressures of ministry.  A good day can turn on a dime into a bad one.  You just never know what a day will bring.  Now, if that’s all the Bible said about that, facing the unknown of a new day every 24 hours would be a daunting task.  However, with all that we do not and cannot know about a day’s outcome, there is at least one thing we can know.  Can definitely know.  Most assuredly, take-it-to-the-bank know.  And it’s not found in some obscure passage of Scripture; it’s right there in Psalm 23, the last verse.  “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.”  In all the knowest not what a day may bring forths, there is this: no matter what comes, the beautiful goodness and compassionate mercy of the Heavenly Father will be there.  In fact, it “follows” us.  That means it runs after us, hunts us down, pursues us.  We can’t outrun it or overuse it.  So do not focus on what we cannot know about tomorrow.  Fix your heart on that which we do know – the infallible truth of what God has said in that no matter what happens, His goodness and mercy are there to carry us until the next day.  And the next.  And the next.  Until we finally “dwell in the house of the Lord forever.”