{"id":1139,"date":"2017-11-13T05:00:20","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T11:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=1139"},"modified":"2017-09-26T23:04:16","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T04:04:16","slug":"faith-in-the-distance-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2017\/11\/faith-in-the-distance-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Faith in the distance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes it helps to get a little perspective. When we are only seeing two steps ahead of us, we can feel \"IMG_1477\"<\/a>like things might never work out or that there is not some grand plan.<\/p>\n

Yet when we look at the bigger picture, expanding our horizon, we can know that the same one who keeps us along those two steps will carry us through to the bigger picture.<\/p>\n

When we look at faith in the distance, it is easier to get through the challenges that we face now. It can help us not lose sight of the fact that God is bigger than anything we might be facing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sometimes it helps to get a little perspective. When we are only seeing two steps ahead of us, we can feel like things might never work out or that there is not some grand plan. 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