{"id":674,"date":"2016-08-31T05:00:19","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T10:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=674"},"modified":"2016-07-31T15:06:33","modified_gmt":"2016-07-31T20:06:33","slug":"rich-in-blessings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2016\/08\/rich-in-blessings.html","title":{"rendered":"Rich in blessings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the summer season comes to a close, at least in regards to school starting, it&#8217;s important to take a moment to reflect on how the summer went.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_4411-e1469994047682.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-653 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2016\/07\/IMG_4411-e1469994047682-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4411\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What were the highlights of your summer? What was the best faith experience you had? What was the most challenging part?<\/p>\n<p>If you are one to regularly take account of the blessings in your life, this exercise may be very easy for you.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve tried to keep note of blessings, though sometimes I pay more attention and energy to the things that I don&#8217;t consider blessings at the time. Yet I know that God will bring good out of anything that comes our way.<\/p>\n<p>God gives us blessings we can never imagine for ourselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the summer season comes to a close, at least in regards to school starting, it&#8217;s important to take a moment to reflect on how the summer went.\u00a0 What were the highlights of your summer? What was the best faith experience you had? What was the most challenging part? 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