{"id":427,"date":"2016-02-01T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T15:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=427"},"modified":"2016-01-27T20:43:05","modified_gmt":"2016-01-28T02:43:05","slug":"frosted-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2016\/02\/frosted-faith.html","title":{"rendered":"Frosted Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2016\/01\/frosted-faith.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-431\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2016\/01\/frosted-faith-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"frosted faith\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes our faith life can feel a little cold. It&#8217;s okay. Eventually the sun will come out and we can feel even stronger.<\/p>\n<p>I am the first one who complains about the cold. I feel often that I was dropped in the wrong part of the world and should live in Ecuador or something as much as I crave warmth and heat. But I try to appreciate the cold or the frost it brings at times.<br \/>\nSometimes when faith gets frosty it&#8217;s hard to remember that there can be beauty in the midst of the cool.<\/p>\n<p>What do you do when your faith is frosty? Share your comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes our faith life can feel a little cold. It&#8217;s okay. Eventually the sun will come out and we can feel even stronger. I am the first one who complains about the cold. 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