{"id":1047,"date":"2017-08-14T05:00:27","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T10:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=1047"},"modified":"2017-07-24T19:28:32","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T00:28:32","slug":"tracking-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2017\/08\/tracking-time.html","title":{"rendered":"Tracking time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2017\/02\/IMG_0103-e1500517818333.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-870 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2017\/02\/IMG_0103-e1500517818333-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0103\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>August is just about half over. The year seems to be going so fast. I was always told growing up that the older you get the faster it goes. I&#8217;m beginning to believe it.<\/p>\n<p>The quickness of time, though, is making me consider how to address my faith life in a more urgent manner. Sometimes we think we have all the time in the world. Or we know how some days seem like 24 hours is not enough to get everything done we have on our to-do lists.<\/p>\n<p>How can you address the quickness of time in your faith life? Do you take time to pray and evaluate? Or is it hard for you to find focus?<\/p>\n<p>This week take a minute or two to breathe in and out and say thank you for the gift of time in our lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August is just about half over. The year seems to be going so fast. I was always told growing up that the older you get the faster it goes. I&#8217;m beginning to believe it. The quickness of time, though, is making me consider how to address my faith life in a more urgent manner. 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