{"id":755,"date":"2016-11-21T05:00:16","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T11:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=755"},"modified":"2016-11-03T20:15:47","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T01:15:47","slug":"moving-around-obstacles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2016\/11\/moving-around-obstacles.html","title":{"rendered":"Moving around obstacles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2016\/11\/IMG_6314-e1478211443279.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-745 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2016\/11\/IMG_6314-e1478211443279-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6314\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is something I love about this image. The path moves right around the obstacle. It doesn&#8217;t stop. It just changes direction for a moment. Sometimes our lives are like that, too. We travel along a certain path and something blocks our way. We may hesitate for a moment, but then we move around the obstacle.<\/p>\n<p>We can encounter obstacles in our faith but if we take a move to the right or to the left, we might be able find our way around to a stronger time in our lives. Just keep striving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is something I love about this image. The path moves right around the obstacle. It doesn&#8217;t stop. It just changes direction for a moment. Sometimes our lives are like that, too. We travel along a certain path and something blocks our way. 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