{"id":1033,"date":"2017-07-24T05:00:28","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T10:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=1033"},"modified":"2017-07-13T20:29:35","modified_gmt":"2017-07-14T01:29:35","slug":"keep-moving-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2017\/07\/keep-moving-up.html","title":{"rendered":"Keep moving up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2017\/06\/IMG_1241-e1497484774155.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1009 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2017\/06\/IMG_1241-e1497484774155-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1241\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Isn&#8217;t it wonderful that we don&#8217;t have to stay down? Life can kick us down, it can beat us up, but God will give us the grace to keep moving upward.<\/p>\n<p>It can seem like we&#8217;re down for the count in our day-to-day lives and even in our spiritual lives. Perhaps this week you can reflect on a time when you were down and something happened to raise your spirits just enough to get you moving in a different direction.<\/p>\n<p>How did that move occur? Was it through a kind gesture? Was it through the right story at the right time? What made a difference?<\/p>\n<p>Will you be that difference for someone this week?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Isn&#8217;t it wonderful that we don&#8217;t have to stay down? Life can kick us down, it can beat us up, but God will give us the grace to keep moving upward. It can seem like we&#8217;re down for the count in our day-to-day lives and even in our spiritual lives. 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