{"id":644,"date":"2016-08-03T05:00:41","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T10:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=644"},"modified":"2016-07-25T15:41:17","modified_gmt":"2016-07-25T20:41:17","slug":"living-hopeful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2016\/08\/living-hopeful.html","title":{"rendered":"Living hopeful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of my favorite things to see in nature is a pop of different color in the midst <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2016\/06\/DSCN0009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-610 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2016\/06\/DSCN0009-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN0009\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>of a multitude of one color. The purples flowers in this picture stand out from the rest.<\/p>\n<p>I think God made us to stand out from the rest. God made us unique in our own way, but there are so many things we have to offer each other.<\/p>\n<p>I find it amazing that even though bad things happen every day, there are people who will go out of their way to help. One can&#8217;t lose faith in humanity or that pop of color in a sometimes gray kind of world.<\/p>\n<p>What can you do today to brighten someone&#8217;s day and help them live life hopeful?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my favorite things to see in nature is a pop of different color in the midst of a multitude of one color. The purples flowers in this picture stand out from the rest. I think God made us to stand out from the rest. 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