{"id":6702,"date":"2025-02-23T20:03:33","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T02:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/?p=6702"},"modified":"2025-02-23T20:04:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T02:04:13","slug":"unwelcomed-tasks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/?p=6702","title":{"rendered":"Unwelcomed Tasks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Short and sweet thought for the week\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Do-all-to-the-glory-of-God...-churchartpro.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Do-all-to-the-glory-of-God...-churchartpro-888x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6704\" width=\"217\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Do-all-to-the-glory-of-God...-churchartpro-888x1024.jpg 888w, https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Do-all-to-the-glory-of-God...-churchartpro-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Do-all-to-the-glory-of-God...-churchartpro-768x886.jpg 768w, https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Do-all-to-the-glory-of-God...-churchartpro-600x692.jpg 600w, https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Do-all-to-the-glory-of-God...-churchartpro-1332x1536.jpg 1332w, https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Do-all-to-the-glory-of-God...-churchartpro-1775x2048.jpg 1775w, https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Do-all-to-the-glory-of-God...-churchartpro-1320x1523.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Do-all-to-the-glory-of-God...-churchartpro.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johann Wolfgang von Goethe once said, \u201cCease endlessly striving to do what you want to do and learn to love what must be done.\u201d This does not mean we give up our hopes and dreams. It just means we do not have to remain unhappy until we get them. How we face each unwelcomed task determines how much joy we can have while doing what must be done, even when we don\u2019t want to do it. Gritting our teeth, murmuring under our breath, or being resentful will not make the task easier to accomplish. However, choosing to face our circumstances in the light of God\u2019s perspective helps us to endeavor not just endure. The Bible tells us to do all things for the glory of God, which includes those unwelcomed tasks that must be done. In everything we do, we must work like we are working for God.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>\u201c\u2026whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.\u201d ~1 Corinthians 10:31<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Short and sweet thought for the week\u2026 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe once said, \u201cCease endlessly striving to do what you want to do and learn to love what must be done.\u201d This does not mean we give up our hopes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/?p=6702\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6702"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6702"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6706,"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6702\/revisions\/6706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}