{"id":1339,"date":"2014-11-02T12:09:12","date_gmt":"2014-11-02T12:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayinspiration\/?p=1339"},"modified":"2014-11-02T12:09:12","modified_gmt":"2014-11-02T12:09:12","slug":"sunday-inspiration-55","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayinspiration\/2014\/11\/sunday-inspiration-55.html","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Inspiration #55"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s <strong>Sunday Inspiration<\/strong>: Forgiveness isn\u2019t about letting the other person off the hook. 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