{"id":7466,"date":"2025-01-10T20:51:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T01:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/missionwork\/?p=7466"},"modified":"2025-01-10T20:51:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T01:51:23","slug":"as-always-joy-to-the-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/missionwork\/2025\/01\/as-always-joy-to-the-work\/","title":{"rendered":"As Always, Joy to the Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I have honored this custom more in the breach than the observance lately, but it used to be my custom<\/a> every year during the Christmas season to post an arrangement of my favorite Christmas carol, \u201cJoy to the World,\u201d because its third verse is so deeply connected to God\u2019s grace in our daily work:<\/p>\n

No more let sins and sorrows grow,
\nNor thorns infest the ground;
\nHe comes to make His blessings flow
\nFar as the curse is found.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I\u2019m going to start the custom up again (even though we\u2019ve just passed Epiphany\u2026.shh\u2026). Here\u2019s a lovely arrangement from Hymns of Grace.<\/p>\n