{"id":324,"date":"2015-11-04T10:00:24","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T16:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=324"},"modified":"2015-10-26T20:26:47","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T01:26:47","slug":"crowds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2015\/11\/crowds.html","title":{"rendered":"Crowds of Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2015\/10\/crowd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-330 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2015\/10\/crowd-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"crowd\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a sea of people it can be hard to find your own space or even find your way in a crowd. Some people have an aversion to crowds. I can handle them usually, but being short in a crowd of tall people can be overwhelming.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes comparing your faith experience to others can be overwhelming and feel like a crowded field. Have you ever compared your journey or level of faith to someone else and felt the other person&#8217;s journey was better? Not comparing yourself to others can help thin out the crowd and help you see there&#8217;s no crowd to find the faith in your heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a sea of people it can be hard to find your own space or even find your way in a crowd. Some people have an aversion to crowds. I can handle them usually, but being short in a crowd of tall people can be overwhelming. 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