{"id":372,"date":"2015-12-09T09:00:23","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T15:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=372"},"modified":"2015-11-30T22:07:16","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T04:07:16","slug":"faith-falling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2015\/12\/faith-falling.html","title":{"rendered":"Faith Falling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s something <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-368 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2015\/11\/waterfall-e1448940422257-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"waterfall\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" \/>about waterfalls that I find wonderful. I love the sound of the powerful rush of water. I love how the water is a signal that cold ice can run in a stream over a mountain edge, nourishing the ground as it splashes on the surrounding areas.<\/p>\n<p>In a way, waterfalls\u00a0can symbolize faith falling from the sky, a gift of sorts to encourage us when we are struggling to find our power and strength. The waterfalls can teach us majesty. They can also teach us humility.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps you can consider a waterfall to be a cumulative vision of the blessings God is pouring down on you. Those waterfalls continue even when you struggle.<\/p>\n<p>Let the waterfall of blessings wash over you this week.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s something about waterfalls that I find wonderful. I love the sound of the powerful rush of water. I love how the water is a signal that cold ice can run in a stream over a mountain edge, nourishing the ground as it splashes on the surrounding areas. In a way, waterfalls\u00a0can symbolize faith falling&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-372","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>Faith Falling - 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\/12\/faith-falling.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Faith Falling - Through the Lens of Faith\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There&#8217;s something about waterfalls that I find wonderful. 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