{"podcast":{"title":"Old things New Podcast","slug":"old-things-new-podcast-7097890","podcast_index_feed_id":7097890,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/2655777.rss","website_url":"https://rcbhpastor.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/2655777/c2a5766d22ee9a6df594f2e7da6b9793.jpg","author":"Reformed devotions from all of scripture.","episode_count":152,"summary":"The modern Church has a problem with Old Testament literacy. I'm on a mission to fix that one post at a time. Tune in for regular, reformed Bible devotions to go deeper with Christ.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/old-things-new-podcast-7097890"},"episode":{"title":"Ep 129: He makes all things beautiful (Ecc 3:11).","slug":"ep-129-he-makes-all-things-beautiful-ecc-3-11","published_at":"2025-12-28T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/old-things-new-podcast-7097890/ep-129-he-makes-all-things-beautiful-ecc-3-11","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/old-things-new-podcast-7097890","url":"https://rcbhpastor.substack.com/p/ep-129-he-makes-all-things-beautiful","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/182491373/69c5c255b2416cf31290f3b5b59a96ba.mp3","summary":"Pray Read: Ecc 3:9-11. Meditation Solomon has challenged our perception of the good life, showing us that life as a gift from God is itself a goodness to be thankful for. And yet, the question stubbornly persists, doesn’t it? Is there any good in life? We still want and desire what is good, and with the brokenness of the world around us, the question is pressing. And Solomon has more to say to us. Because believing in God is not just about some cold-hearted fatalism. No, what Solomon will go on to show us is that this longing in our hearts, this too, is a gift from God. And so the first thing he says in verse 11 is that he assures us that there is good in life. It’s not just an endless misery fest. It’s not a hopeless enterprise where we are doomed to despair and pain. In verse 11 we find this wonderful affirmation: He has made everything beautiful in its time.” Life is God’s gift, and everything is part of his wonderful and beautiful plan. And so we may ask: iI there anything good in life? My friend, in God’s plan, let me tell you with absolute certainty that everything in life is beautiful. Every single thing in existence plays its part in a symphony so magnificent, so breathtakingly beautiful, so astoundingly good, that no eye has seen it, no ear has heard it, no heart has imagined it. And note carefully that word: everything. He has made everything beautiful. There is nothing in all existence that falls outside of his good and perfect plan—not pain, or suffering, or toil. We serve and love a good God. We do not serve a God who takes pleasure in pain. He is not sadistic. He is not evil. He is not dark or twisted. He does not take pleasure in destruction. Our God is a God of beauty. He is good. And everything he does is good. There is not the barest shadow of darknes…","meta_description":"Pray Read: Ecc 3:9-11. Meditation Solomon has challenged our perception of the good life, showing us that life as a gift from God is itself a goodness to…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":841,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/old-things-new-podcast-7097890/episodes/ep-129-he-makes-all-things-beautiful-ecc-3-11/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/old-things-new-podcast-7097890/ep-129-he-makes-all-things-beautiful-ecc-3-11.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}