{"id":711,"date":"2016-10-10T05:00:46","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T10:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=711"},"modified":"2016-10-01T21:24:19","modified_gmt":"2016-10-02T02:24:19","slug":"heeding-warnings-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2016\/10\/heeding-warnings-lives.html","title":{"rendered":"Heeding warnings in our lives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you a person who heeds warnings easily in your life? Or do you do your best to try and ignore them?\u00a0\"IMG_5421\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Sometimes it can feel safer to ignore the warnings, yet you know in the end it is something that needs to be dealt with.<\/p>\n

In your faith life, have you encountered any warnings that you maybe didn’t heed right away? Maybe you thought it wouldn’t be as bad if you delayed listening.<\/p>\n

It is important in our lives and in our spiritual lives that we pay attention to warnings. Paying attention\u00a0may be what we need to strengthen our faith and move on with a better understanding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Are you a person who heeds warnings easily in your life? Or do you do your best to try and ignore them?\u00a0 Sometimes it can feel safer to ignore the warnings, yet you know in the end it is something that needs to be dealt with. 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