{"id":814,"date":"2017-01-23T05:00:28","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T11:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=814"},"modified":"2017-01-09T19:10:27","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T01:10:27","slug":"swimming-through-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2017\/01\/swimming-through-faith.html","title":{"rendered":"Swimming through faith"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a new era in our country. A new president has been installed and no matter which way you voted or \"duck<\/a>who you agree with, things are going to be different.<\/p>\n

But they don’t have to be different in a bad way, regarding your faith. Perhaps this is a time that can renew our call to deepen our faith in what and who really matters.<\/p>\n

There are things we can control in our lives and there is so much more we can’t control. Change in the world is something we usually can’t control.<\/p>\n

When you feel like you’re experiencing a loss of control, consider this photo. Above the water, things are calm\u00a0and while things are calm above, its feet are moving like crazy underneath. When we feel like it’s too much on the underside, we can take a breath and see the calm around us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s a new era in our country. A new president has been installed and no matter which way you voted or who you agree with, things are going to be different. But they don’t have to be different in a bad way, regarding your faith. 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