{"id":670,"date":"2016-08-24T05:00:41","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T10:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=670"},"modified":"2016-07-31T14:05:32","modified_gmt":"2016-07-31T19:05:32","slug":"faith-in-the-ages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2016\/08\/faith-in-the-ages.html","title":{"rendered":"Faith through the ages"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes I wonder if people who lived in ancient times, perhaps like the ones in 1356 as \"IMG_4476\"<\/a>in this picture, had the same doubts and struggles I do as I navigate my way through this world.<\/p>\n

I know they lived in different times, but it feels comforting in a way that we all may have had the same questions and wondering about our lives.<\/p>\n

And to realize that God made each of those people alive in the year 1356 just as God made each of us, alive in 2016. There has always been the Creator and there will continue to be the Creator. Our faith is being sustained by the same one who sustained those who lived in 1356! Wow!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sometimes I wonder if people who lived in ancient times, perhaps like the ones in 1356 as in this picture, had the same doubts and struggles I do as I navigate my way through this world. 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