{"id":267,"date":"2015-09-14T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2015-09-14T14:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=267"},"modified":"2015-08-16T19:46:04","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T00:46:04","slug":"evergreen-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2015\/09\/evergreen-faith.html","title":{"rendered":"Evergreen Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I can really appreciate the beauty of evergreen trees, especially in the winter when leaves have turned brown and fallen away. When things are challenging in faith and it&#8217;s hard to believe the springtime will return, looking at an evergreen can help to remember that G<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-261 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2015\/08\/IMG_0055-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0055\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/>od&#8217;s love will last forever. Evergreens stand strong, grow tall and won&#8217;t fail, just like God. As much as I love the fall and the beautiful colors, I know I find the prospect of winter daunting.<\/p>\n<p>In faith when you experience a long spring and summer and find yourself nearing an autumn or winter of experience, looking around at the things that seem to last can provide a good reminder\u00a0of God&#8217;s evergreen\u00a0relationship with us.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing an evergreen can also help you recall the healing powers and peaceful aura of nature. Next time you feel stressed or struggle in faith, take a step outside and breathe in the healing air of the outdoors.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can really appreciate the beauty of evergreen trees, especially in the winter when leaves have turned brown and fallen away. 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Evergreens stand strong, grow tall&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-267","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>Evergreen Faith - 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\/2015\/09\/evergreen-faith.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Evergreen Faith - Through the Lens of Faith\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I can really appreciate the beauty of evergreen trees, especially in the winter when leaves have turned brown and fallen away. 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