Applied Pastoral Reformed Theology

There is only one day I have ever truly lived. Not because I chose it. Not because it aligned with my desires. Not because it brought triumph or peace or even clarity. But because it was the only day that existed.And that day—this day—is always now. This is the first claim:Today is the best day of my lifenot because it is pleasurable, successful, or redemptive—but because it is real. This claim, rightly understood, is not motivational.It is ontological. It is not about gratitude, though gratitude may rise.It is not about optimism, though joy may follow.It is about the nature of being, the structure of time, and the existential permission to inhabit what is. The Ontological Priority of the Present Time, as we experience it, is a construct of consciousness.The past no longer exists. The future has not yet come.Both live only in the mind—memory and anticipation. What remains?Only this present moment.Not the second, not the minute, but the experience of now. It is the only condition und