{"id":6965,"date":"2026-02-15T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/?p=6965"},"modified":"2026-01-26T20:09:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T02:09:58","slug":"not-my-job-to-fix-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/?p=6965","title":{"rendered":"Not My Job to Fix People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Today is the day the Lord has made\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\/Out-of-Order-churchartpro.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Out-of-Order-churchartpro-1024x591.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6966\" width=\"190\" height=\"109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Out-of-Order-churchartpro-1024x591.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Out-of-Order-churchartpro-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Out-of-Order-churchartpro-768x443.jpg 768w, https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Out-of-Order-churchartpro-600x346.jpg 600w, https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Out-of-Order-churchartpro-1536x887.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Out-of-Order-churchartpro-1320x762.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Out-of-Order-churchartpro.jpg 1921w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>I will rejoice today because it\u2019s not my job to fix people or their situations. That\u2019s God\u2019s job, not mine. My job is to love them. I will admit that loving people is not always an easy task, but it is a lot easier than trying to solve all their problems, change their point of view, or live their lives for them. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of us are broken in one way or another, but humans cannot fix this brokenness. Only God can do that! Even then, God doesn\u2019t really fix people. However, He will transform those who yield to Him. Transformational change takes time, patience, and love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My job is to reflect God\u2019s love by listening with a caring heart, showing compassion, pointing people to God, praying with them if they are receptive, and definitely praying for them whether they want me to or not. This doesn\u2019t mean I condone or accept everything they might do, but it\u2019s not my job to fix them. I\u2019ll leave that in God\u2019s hands. Afterall, I can\u2019t even fix myself, so what makes me think I can fix others?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>\u201c\u2026The things which are impossible with men<\/em><br><em>are possible with God.&#8221; ~Luke 18:27<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is the day the Lord has made\u2026 I will rejoice today because it\u2019s not my job to fix people or their situations. That\u2019s God\u2019s job, not mine. My job is to love them. I will admit that loving people &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/?p=6965\">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\/6965"}],"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=6965"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6967,"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6965\/revisions\/6967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}