{"id":1444,"date":"2011-08-20T12:15:10","date_gmt":"2011-08-20T16:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/simplelife\/?p=1444"},"modified":"2011-08-20T12:17:56","modified_gmt":"2011-08-20T16:17:56","slug":"god-made-tears-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/simplelife\/2011\/08\/god-made-tears-why.html","title":{"rendered":"God made tears.  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