{"id":135,"date":"2011-05-31T14:00:39","date_gmt":"2011-05-31T18:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondgorgeous\/?p=135"},"modified":"2011-05-31T10:38:29","modified_gmt":"2011-05-31T14:38:29","slug":"135","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondgorgeous\/2011\/05\/135.html","title":{"rendered":"The Best Kind of Large"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress. Have mercy upon me and hear my prayer.\u00a0 Ps. 4:1<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s slump time. Do you feel distressed, depressed, and like giving up?\u00a0 There\u2019s a better answer than a candy bar.\u00a0 Take your problems and the frazzled emotions they caused to the Lord.\u00a0 Ask for mercy and help &#8212; and He will be good and answer.\u00a0 He uses distress to enlarge\u00a0 you spiritually &#8212; to make you a bigger, stronger person inside.\u00a0 That\u2019s far better than being \u201cenlarged\u201d on the outside by that sugary snack!<\/p>\n<p><em>Eating to live and living for Christ,<\/em><br \/>\nSusan Jordan Brown<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress. Have mercy upon me and hear my prayer.\u00a0 Ps. 4:1 It\u2019s slump time. 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