{"id":13368,"date":"2026-09-13T19:20:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T19:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/?page_id=13368"},"modified":"2026-09-13T19:22:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T19:22:55","slug":"scenario-2-dont-sweat-it-wednesday-september-16-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/scenario-2-dont-sweat-it-wednesday-september-16-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Scenario #2 &#8211; Don\u2019t Sweat It! &#8211; Wednesday, September 16, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him \u2013 <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Job 23:14<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Barely hearing the valet\u2019s compliment on his white Buick, Howard scurried through the hotel lobby, guided by signs for a new authors\u2019 showcase. He paused at the door, which was covered by a large poster of his book, <em>Don\u2019t Sweat It, Your Seat Won\u2019t Be Taken.<\/em> Taking a deep breath, Howard entered the room and delivered his speech. &#8220;Just remember, whatever God has for you won&#8217;t be taken by anyone else\u2014not even some AI deepfake,&#8221; he concluded, as the audience erupted into applause and laughter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just loved what you said,&#8221; a young woman gushed as Howard autographed her copy. &#8220;I only wish the lunatic driving the white Buick, who was speeding as if no one else were on the road, could read your book.&#8221; Howard smiled warmly.\u00a0 <em>Oh, I\u2019ll make certain that he reads it<\/em>, Howard thought.<\/p>\n<p>Howard forgot to put into practice what he stressed in his book about not fretting, and it caused him to behave anxiously.\u00a0 It\u2019s a reality that can happen at any time, which makes remembering the message in Job 23:14 so essential, thereby trusting that we\u2019ll always be on time for what\u2019s been divinely appointed.\u00a0 In other words: Don\u2019t Sweat It!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him \u2013 Job 23:14 Barely hearing the valet\u2019s compliment on his white Buick, Howard scurried through the hotel lobby, guided by signs for a new authors\u2019 showcase. He paused at the door, which was covered by a large poster &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/scenario-2-dont-sweat-it-wednesday-september-16-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Scenario #2 &#8211; Don\u2019t Sweat It! &#8211; Wednesday, September 16, 2026&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13368","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13368"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13371,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13368\/revisions\/13371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}