{"id":13215,"date":"2026-08-09T18:38:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T18:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/?page_id=13215"},"modified":"2026-08-09T18:48:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T18:48:19","slug":"still-ahead","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/still-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Still Ahead &#8211; Monday, August 10, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing \u2013 <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Psalm 92:14<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>When\u00a0you\u2019ve\u00a0reached a certain age,<br \/>\nIt\u00a0can feel\u00a0as\u00a0if\u00a0you&#8217;ve\u00a0turned the last page<br \/>\nAnd you are only coasting along.<br \/>\nThen God opens your eyes<br \/>\nSo you will recognize<br \/>\nThat you were entirely wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Even though it seems<br \/>\nThe days of old held your dreams,<br \/>\nDivine timing has instead<br \/>\nPositioned open doors<br \/>\nTo bless you even more,<br \/>\nSince good days are still ahead.<\/p>\n<p>The opening poem is a transparent conversation about getting older, as well as a pep talk to discourage negative notions. It&#8217;s a reminder that good things are still ahead, and that I\u00a0 haven\u2019t turned the final page of my script or given my best performance.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe you have celebrated another birthday, and grey hairs have become more frequent, along with other signs of aging. Please know that your good days aren\u2019t over; they are still ahead, waiting for you to find them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing \u2013 Psalm 92:14 When\u00a0you\u2019ve\u00a0reached a certain age, It\u00a0can feel\u00a0as\u00a0if\u00a0you&#8217;ve\u00a0turned the last page And you are only coasting along. Then God opens your eyes So you will recognize That you were entirely wrong. Even though it seems The days of old &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/still-ahead\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Still Ahead &#8211; Monday, August 10, 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-13215","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13215","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=13215"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13220,"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13215\/revisions\/13220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2beencouraged.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}