{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Beyond Blue","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue","author_name":"Beyond Blue","author_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/author\/tborchard","title":"Why Does God Make It So Hard? - Beyond Blue","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"OCEMmYepKv\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2012\/07\/why-does-god-make-it-so-hard.html\">Why Does God Make It So Hard?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2012\/07\/why-does-god-make-it-so-hard.html\/embed#?secret=OCEMmYepKv\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Why Does God Make It So Hard?&#8221; &#8212; Beyond Blue\" data-secret=\"OCEMmYepKv\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"This post is from last year this time. A Beyond Blue reader wrote to me the other day and asked, \u201cHow do you know that you are on the right path, and that God approves? Because if He did, why would he make the path so hard?\u201d I responded with these three words: I don\u2019t&hellip;","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/files\/2011\/07\/girl-with-balloon-3-240x300.jpg"}