{"id":8583,"date":"2023-02-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fatherelia.org\/en\/posts\/redeem-the-time\/"},"modified":"2025-04-18T08:49:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T05:49:49","slug":"redeem-the-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherelia.org\/en\/reflections\/redeem-the-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Redeem the Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friends tell one another what one keeps repeating to himself. Be generous with those you love. Generosity does not consist in burdening yourself with what you have no ability to do. In essence, it is an expression. Sometimes, the rose, in substance, is worth a mountain\u2026 Some or most of our loved ones need to feel that they exist in our memory. From time to time, gift \u201ca rose\u201d to your loved ones. Do not delay. We do not have the luxury of time. Time is swift. Many have regretted wasting time and opportunities. Yesterday, they were here, and have gone. The \"rose\" means nothing to those who are now behind the stone! Also, in our love for one another, it must be said: \u201cRedeem the time\u201d (Ephesians 5:16).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friends tell one another what one keeps repeating to himself. Be generous with those you love. Generosity does not consist in burdening yourself with what you have no ability to do. In essence, it is an expression. Sometimes, the rose, in substance, is worth a mountain\u2026 Some or most of our loved ones need to ...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[343],"tags":[1469,362,1758,1241,2495],"class_list":["post-8583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reflections","tag-generosity","tag-love","tag-orthodox-christian-living","tag-spiritual-growth","tag-time-management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fatherelia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fatherelia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fatherelia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fatherelia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fatherelia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8583"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fatherelia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9016,"href":"https:\/\/www.fatherelia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8583\/revisions\/9016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fatherelia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fatherelia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fatherelia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}