{"id":631,"date":"2010-04-28T22:43:24","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T22:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jazztheologian\/2010\/04\/jazz-theology-having-time.html"},"modified":"2010-04-28T22:43:24","modified_gmt":"2010-04-28T22:43:24","slug":"jazz-theology-having-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jazztheologian\/2010\/04\/jazz-theology-having-time.html","title":{"rendered":"Jazz Theology: Having Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

We have time, rather than time having
\nus.  We develop our ear so that we might listen to the needs of others, then live and love like Jesus.<\/b><\/b><\/u><\/i><\/p>\n

No moment is just a moment.  <\/span>Every moment is pregnant with the
\npossibility of the risen Lord revealing himself to us.  <\/span>Each instant of life has the potential
\nof God using us in the life of someone else.  <\/span>Sensing God’s presence and responding to his call often
\ndepends upon our relationship to time: 
\n<\/span>Do we have time or does time have us?  <\/span>When we have time then the possibilities are endless.  <\/span>When we don’t we forfeit so much of
\nwhat life is really about.  <\/span><\/p>\n

Drummers have time.  <\/span>As they sit in the back they are in a
\nposition to listen to the needs of those around them and then respond either by
\nspeeding time up or slowing it down. 
\n<\/span>They bring life as they cause things to swing  <\/span>This is the essence of servanthood.<\/p>\n

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