{"id":217,"date":"2015-08-12T09:00:32","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T14:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=217"},"modified":"2015-07-20T17:00:26","modified_gmt":"2015-07-20T22:00:26","slug":"youve-got-spiritual-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2015\/08\/youve-got-spiritual-mail.html","title":{"rendered":"You&#8217;ve Got Spiritual Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2015\/07\/mailbox-e1437422599690.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-233 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2015\/07\/mailbox-e1437422599690-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"mailbox\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Everyone likes to receive mail. Sometimes the mail is a birthday card or a holiday greeting of some sort. I tend to get more advertisements and junk mail than I like, but occasionally there is another type of mail in the form of a nice note. I have kept many notes over the years from loved ones and I enjoy looking back at them and remembering our relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes we don&#8217;t know what kind of an impact we can have on someone else. What if this week or month we each take time to write a note to someone who has been a spiritual friend or a role model in their faith? When we struggle at times with our faith, it seems there are people who come into our lives at the right time.<\/p>\n<p>Take a moment to write a thank you note and fill up their mailbox with gratitude.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone likes to receive mail. Sometimes the mail is a birthday card or a holiday greeting of some sort. I tend to get more advertisements and junk mail than I like, but occasionally there is another type of mail in the form of a nice note. 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