{"id":98,"date":"2025-07-30T18:52:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T18:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/?p=98"},"modified":"2025-10-08T15:30:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T15:30:06","slug":"good-timing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/?p=98","title":{"rendered":"Good Timing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Hourglass-timer-1024x573.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Hourglass-timer-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Hourglass-timer-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Hourglass-timer-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Hourglass-timer.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do you embrace what is good in the present?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FPC-Regional-Good-Timing-3.wav\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Remember the flux capacitor, or the Star Trek wormholes, or the wardrobe to Narnia? These vehicles of time travel left us imagining what it would be like to go back and fix a mistake or fast forward to get ahead of the curve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes declares that every good thing has its moment in God\u2019s plan. The New Testament adds that by reconciling all time in Christ, God weaves beauty into every season.&nbsp;Sure, some cling to the past, and others worry over the future \u2013 but the wise embrace what is good in the present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And that\u2019s what Jesus preached \u2013 that God\u2019s kingdom is now, it\u2019s at hand, in this very moment, and when you beautify this day, this hour, you live in God\u2019s time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More on the topic:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Henri Nouwen on the God of Scripture as the <a href=\"https:\/\/henrinouwen.org\/meditations\/god-is-a-god-of-the-present\/\">God of now<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eternity is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peterkreeft.com\/topics\/time.htm\">in the present<\/a>, says Peter Kreeft<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An advent warm-up on <a href=\"https:\/\/livingchurch.org\/covenant\/god-is-now\/\">expecting<\/a> the God of the now<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpiippo.com\/2018\/01\/etty-hillesums-prayer-from-auschwitz.html\">A prayer<\/a> from a soul who lived in the present<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you embrace what is good in the present? Remember the flux capacitor, or the Star Trek wormholes, or the wardrobe to Narnia? These vehicles of time travel left us [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reflection","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=98"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140,"href":"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions\/140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=98"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=98"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}