{"id":223,"date":"2017-03-15T05:00:37","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T10:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=223"},"modified":"2017-02-12T16:59:52","modified_gmt":"2017-02-12T22:59:52","slug":"what-fences-us-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2017\/03\/what-fences-us-in.html","title":{"rendered":"What Fences Us In?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2017\/02\/IMG_0100-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-879\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2017\/02\/IMG_0100-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0100\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>What fences us in? What keeps us from being free?<\/p>\n<p>A fence can be a good thing when it keeps out unwanted or dangerous things.<\/p>\n<p>Yet we have to be aware there is a gate, the one that can help you move from captivity to freedom.<\/p>\n<p>What do you need to keep the fence gate open? What will it take to give you the freedom to step away from what fences you in? Maybe it is letting go of an old anger or forgiving someone who hurt you and didn&#8217;t even know it.<\/p>\n<p>There are many things that fence us in. Open the gate of your heart and let in the light of freedom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What fences us in? What keeps us from being free? A fence can be a good thing when it keeps out unwanted or dangerous things. Yet we have to be aware there is a gate, the one that can help you move from captivity to freedom. 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