# A Day at a Time — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for A Day at a Time by Archibald Alexander.

- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_day_at_a_time_se/chapters/dedication.md): The book, written during wartime to offer comfort and reinforce hope and faith, is dedicated by permission to Sir John R. Jellicoe, Admiral of the Grand Fleet.
- [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_day_at_a_time_se/chapters/epigraph.md): The chapter opens with an epigraph from E. B. Browning, contrasting the prevalence of nettles with the greater abundance of smooth green grasses and the vastness of heaven's blue over any cloud, suggesting a theme of hop
- [A Day at a Time](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_day_at_a_time_se/chapters/a-day-at-a-time.md): This chapter emphasizes the importance of living one day at a time, trusting in God's provision and strength for each day's challenges, and finding cheerfulness and resilience through faith.
- [I: A Day at a Time](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_day_at_a_time_se/chapters/i-a-day-at-a-time.md): The chapter emphasizes living one day at a time, trusting God for daily strength as promised in Deuteronomy 33:25. It comforts those anxious about loved ones in war, urging them to leave tomorrow in God's hands and focus
- [God in the Wheels](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_day_at_a_time_se/chapters/ii-god-in-the-wheels.md): The chapter argues that God's spirit is present in all aspects of modern life—industry, change, and personal destiny—using Ezekiel's vision of wheels as a metaphor. It counters the idea of blind chance by asserting that 

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- [III: A Triple Best](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_day_at_a_time_se/chapters/iii-a-triple-best.md)
- [IV: Finical Farming](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_day_at_a_time_se/chapters/iv-finical-farming.md)
- [V: The Doctor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_day_at_a_time_se/chapters/v-the-doctor.md)
- [VI: Well and Now](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_day_at_a_time_se/chapters/vi-well-and-now.md)
- [VII: The "Washen Face" in War Time](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_day_at_a_time_se/chapters/vii-the-washen-face-in-war-time.md)
- [VIII: The Real Martha](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_day_at_a_time_se/chapters/viii-the-real-martha.md)
- [Our Unearned Increment](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_day_at_a_time_se/chapters/ix-our-unearned-increment.md)
- [X: Smoking Wicks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_day_at_a_time_se/chapters/x-smoking-wicks.md)
- [XI: Culpable Goodness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_day_at_a_time_se/chapters/xi-culpable-goodness.md)
- [A Khaki Virtue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_day_at_a_time_se/chapters/xii-a-khaki-virtue.md)
- [The Overcoming of Panic](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_day_at_a_time_se/chapters/xiii-the-overcoming-of-panic.md)
- [XIV: The Day’s Darg](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_day_at_a_time_se/chapters/xiv-the-day-s-darg.md)
- [XV: Gashmu the Gossip](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_day_at_a_time_se/chapters/xv-gashmu-the-gossip.md)
- [God in Front](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_day_at_a_time_se/chapters/xvi-god-in-front.md)
- [XVII: “Unbelief Kept Quiet”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_day_at_a_time_se/chapters/xvii-unbelief-kept-quiet.md)
- [XVIII: The Equipment of Joy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_day_at_a_time_se/chapters/xviii-the-equipment-of-joy.md)
- [XIX: The God of the Unlovable Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_day_at_a_time_se/chapters/xix-the-god-of-the-unlovable-man.md)
- [Under the Juniper Tree](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_day_at_a_time_se/chapters/xx-under-the-juniper-tree.md)
- [Instructing the Cabin Boy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_day_at_a_time_se/chapters/xxi-instructing-the-cabin-boy.md)
- [God's Door of Hope](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_day_at_a_time_se/chapters/xxii-god-s-door-of-hope.md)
- [Now-a-Days](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_day_at_a_time_se/chapters/xxiii-now-a-days.md)
- [XXIV: Roundabout Roads](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_day_at_a_time_se/chapters/xxiv-roundabout-roads.md)
- [The Extravagance of Love](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_day_at_a_time_se/chapters/xxv-the-extravagance-of-love.md)
- [The Art of "Doing Without"](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_day_at_a_time_se/chapters/xxvi-the-art-of-doing-without.md)
- [Wonder](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_day_at_a_time_se/chapters/xxvii-wonder.md)
- [XXVIII: The Fatherhood of God](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_day_at_a_time_se/chapters/xxviii-the-fatherhood-of-god.md)
- [XXIX: The Unreturning Brave](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_day_at_a_time_se/chapters/xxix-the-unreturning-brave.md)
- [XXX: The Sacrament of Sunset](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_day_at_a_time_se/chapters/xxx-the-sacrament-of-sunset.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_day_at_a_time_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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