{"id":53837,"date":"2019-04-17T00:00:11","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T21:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=53837"},"modified":"2022-11-09T08:01:25","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T06:01:25","slug":"unfinished-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/unfinished-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Unfinished Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[706,401],"acf":{"old_id":"53837","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":33992,"related_cahpter":"200","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Joshua reminds us that there is glory to be gained even in the tasks we do not complete","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the end of Joshua 13, we are treated to a lengthy list of kings and city-states that Joshua and his armies conquered. Of these 31 kings, almost half had not been mentioned previously. The suggestion is that Joshua\u2019s conquest was comprehensive, vast, and inclusive. So there is a degree of shock and surprise when chapter 14 opens by letting us listen in to a conversation between God and Joshua in which God reveals that much of the work remains to be accomplished: \u201cYou have grown old, you are advanced in years, and very much of the land still remains to be taken possession of (14:1).\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can you imagine how disheartening that must have been. A lifetime of work, a clear mission, diligent attention to the assignment, yet still most of it remains incomplete.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I can\u2019t imagine a more perfect image for our own lives, our own assigned life tasks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are each born into a world that is already well underway, and as we grow, we discover aspects of society, opportunities or tasks that draw our attention and seek our energy. We train; we strive, and bend ourselves to the work at hand. Yet, shockingly soon, we find ourselves tiring, straining at the effort, and the task seems barely begun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do we even make a dent? Are our efforts of any significance at all? Why bother if the needs remain so daunting?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joshua reminds us that there is glory to be gained even in the tasks we do not complete. To strive, to aspire, to reach beyond ourselves brings worth in its wake, regardless of whether or not we wrap up the project. In the words of Mishnah Avot, \u201cIt is not yours to complete the task, yet neither are you free to desist from it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The measure of a life lies in the nobility of our aspirations, the devotion of our efforts, the collaboration and community we muster for the cause. Like those who have come before us, and those who will follow after us, we need not finish the task (and odds are, we won\u2019t). 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