{"id":850,"date":"2017-02-22T05:00:20","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T11:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=850"},"modified":"2017-01-29T17:35:44","modified_gmt":"2017-01-29T23:35:44","slug":"mansions-of-blessings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2017\/02\/mansions-of-blessings.html","title":{"rendered":"Mansions of blessings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We live in a world where there is such a disparity between people. Some live in mansions. Others live in cardboard boxes. Others live in medium size houses.<\/p>\n<p>Yet we all have been given mansion-sized blessings in one form or another. From the people who bless our lives with their presence, the food that we share with them and even the smiles we see on the faces of those who have come across our lives.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2017\/01\/IMG_0090.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-819\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2017\/01\/IMG_0090-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0090\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What do you count among your mansion-sized blessings? Who do you count among them? Try this week to make a list of your blessings. Share them in the comments!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We live in a world where there is such a disparity between people. Some live in mansions. Others live in cardboard boxes. Others live in medium size houses. Yet we all have been given mansion-sized blessings in one form or another. 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