{"id":816,"date":"2017-01-25T05:00:57","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T11:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=816"},"modified":"2017-01-09T19:25:52","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T01:25:52","slug":"listening-wise-ones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2017\/01\/listening-wise-ones.html","title":{"rendered":"Listening to wise ones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2017\/01\/IMG_7219.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-803\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2017\/01\/IMG_7219-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7219\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Life can get messy sometimes. There are so many things that draw our attention, actually fight for our attention.<\/p>\n<p>When our attention is getting drawn in multiple directions, we need to find one focal point.<\/p>\n<p>We all need wise people in our lives, especially when we are being pulled this way and that.<\/p>\n<p>Who are the wise ones in your lives? What would they tell you to do? The disciples in this stained glass have found their focal point. They have sought and found Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>What will you do this year to refocus your attention on the wise ones?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life can get messy sometimes. There are so many things that draw our attention, actually fight for our attention. When our attention is getting drawn in multiple directions, we need to find one focal point. We all need wise people in our lives, especially when we are being pulled this way and that. Who are&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-816","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>Listening to wise ones - 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\/2017\/01\/listening-wise-ones.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Listening to wise ones - Through the Lens of Faith\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Life can get messy sometimes. 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