{"id":838,"date":"2017-02-08T05:00:41","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T11:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=838"},"modified":"2017-01-22T18:39:30","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T00:39:30","slug":"holding-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2017\/02\/holding-on.html","title":{"rendered":"Holding on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes life can be a bumpy ride. We can feel like there is nothing to hold us up. We may feel like our friends aren&#8217;t there when we need them the most.<\/p>\n<p>We might feel that we don&#8217;t know where to turn.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2017\/01\/IMG_0095.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-824 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2017\/01\/IMG_0095-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0095\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At these times it&#8217;s important to remember that even though we can&#8217;t see God in a visible sense, we can find glimpses of God&#8217;s support in our lives in other ways.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps there is someone new that has come into your life at just the right time, when things might not be going so well. That&#8217;s an example of how God provides you \u00a0a hand to hold in the midst of a storm.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe God is giving you a handle to grab. 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