{"id":779,"date":"2016-12-12T05:00:07","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T11:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=779"},"modified":"2016-12-04T20:54:26","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T02:54:26","slug":"swimming-in-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2016\/12\/swimming-in-faith.html","title":{"rendered":"Swimming in faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In life we often have no idea what we will encounter. The &#8220;sea&#8221; in front of us can be clear for miles and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2016\/11\/IMG_6847-e1480898942705.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-769 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2016\/11\/IMG_6847-e1480898942705-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6847\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>miles. Or just around the corner we may find something that challenges our beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s amazing how much things can change. Yet having a strong faith can help us keep swimming through whatever life gives us.<\/p>\n<p>This is the month of gift-giving. What gifts have you found on your journey this year? What have you encountered that has challenged you? What gift did you learn this year?<\/p>\n<p>Share how you swim through life in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In life we often have no idea what we will encounter. The &#8220;sea&#8221; in front of us can be clear for miles and miles. Or just around the corner we may find something that challenges our beliefs. It&#8217;s amazing how much things can change. Yet having a strong faith can help us keep swimming through&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":591,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Swimming in faith - Through the Lens of Faith<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2016\/12\/swimming-in-faith.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Swimming in faith - Through the Lens of Faith\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In life we often have no idea what we will encounter. 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