{"id":1096,"date":"2017-09-25T05:00:54","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T10:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=1096"},"modified":"2017-09-01T06:51:19","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T11:51:19","slug":"locking-in-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2017\/09\/locking-in-strength.html","title":{"rendered":"Locking in strength"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2017\/08\/IMG_0261-e1504266199331.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1087 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2017\/08\/IMG_0261-e1504266199331-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0261\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>I find it easy at times to keep a lock on my heart. I want to be protected from those who want to hurt me.<\/p>\n<p>But I have found keeping a lock on doesn&#8217;t keep out just the bad. It blocks the good that wants to come in, as well.<\/p>\n<p>What locks do you have on your heart? Can you find the strength to open the lock?<\/p>\n<p>When you unlock your heart, you will be able to lock in a strength that knows no bounds.<\/p>\n<p>Give God the biggest key to your locked heart and it will be strong forever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I find it easy at times to keep a lock on my heart. I want to be protected from those who want to hurt me. But I have found keeping a lock on doesn&#8217;t keep out just the bad. It blocks the good that wants to come in, as well. What locks do you have&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":591,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Locking in strength - Through the Lens of Faith<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2017\/09\/locking-in-strength.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Locking in strength - Through the Lens of Faith\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I find it easy at times to keep a lock on my heart. 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