Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
-2 Timothy 2:9
What a powerful statement. God’s Word is limitless!
The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
– Psalm 12:6
“Creating an environment of paranoia and suspicion is damaging, not only to the employees, but to the company’s bottom line. If they feel they can’t take a break without being noticed or called out, discouragement, resentment or apathy will quickly set in.
5 Reasons the “Butts in Seats” Mentality Doesn’t Work in the Remote Age
Sometimes being on-presence is absolutely necessary. But other times, results > butts-in-seats
But, what to do to avoid bitterness or apathy? We certainly don’t want that.
We can control what we can, but other culture items, leave to those in control whilst being respectful about it all.
… not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men; knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive the same again from the Lord, whether he is bound or free.
Eph. 6:5-8 (WEB)
As someone with 5 kids, ambitious freelance projects (I tend to underestimate time-wise (working on this!) for on freelance projects, as I’m used to estimating given a 40 hour/job, which I of course can’t do while freelancing with kids and a full-time job.) in a short amount of time (by trying to not cut on time with God, family time, and–of course–not reducing or during my full-time work), work at times feels like a vacation. A working vacation, but still a slower pace.
That’s most likely a sign that I need to use my personal “Sabbath” time more intentionally. I don’t do it in a legalistic way, but I usually don’t work from Friday nights through Saturday to stop from the grind and focus on God. It forces me to stop, which I need sometimes.
I try to work hard (and smart), but if there’s no break and you have the constant “buzz” of life and work burning in your mind even while you’re not “working,” are you resting? Probably not, at least not for me.
Even God rested on the seventh day, not because He needed to, but to show us an example for how to do work in our lives.
The death of a fetus is regarded as a loss but not a capital crime.
—“Abortion is never mentioned†in the Bible—a Christian ob-gyn on why choice is pro-life (Quartz, Apr. 17, 2017)
If men fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely, and yet no harm follows, he shall be surely fined as much as the woman’s husband demands and the judges allow.  But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life,  eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,  burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.
—Exodus 21:22-25 (WEB)
I recently came across the site Bearing Drift, a Virginia conservative site. Unlike the clickbaity and sensational sites I’ve seen this is actually good! Though I don’t consider myself conservative.
They acknowledge and cover unjustified shooting issues, and abortion issues, too:
…but is this a fight worth fighting? The argument is simple: every human being has the basic right to exist. No amount of social justice or government programs, no amount of job creation or education reform is worth a damn unless we defend and define the right to exist for every Virginian.