{"id":1143,"date":"2017-11-20T05:00:45","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T11:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=1143"},"modified":"2017-09-27T13:40:53","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T18:40:53","slug":"sunrise-or-sunset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2017\/11\/sunrise-or-sunset.html","title":{"rendered":"Sunrise or sunset"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you a sunrise person or a sunset person?<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_1505.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1130 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2017\/09\/IMG_1505-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1505\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I always preferred the evenings. I was one that had trouble falling asleep, but maybe it was the fact that nighttime was my time.<\/p>\n<p>It was the time I could be me, writing poetry after bed, looking out at the stars, dreaming of the future.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m grateful God paints the sky as beautifully at night as God does during the morning. I don&#8217;t want to miss His paintings.<\/p>\n<p>What time of day do you find most prayerful? Do you get up early with the sunrise? Sometimes our jobs and other expectations lead us to rise early.<\/p>\n<p>Switch it up this week and see if you can find another time more prayerful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you a sunrise person or a sunset person? I always preferred the evenings. I was one that had trouble falling asleep, but maybe it was the fact that nighttime was my time. It was the time I could be me, writing poetry after bed, looking out at the stars, dreaming of the future. 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