{"id":910,"date":"2017-04-12T05:00:04","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T10:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=910"},"modified":"2017-03-03T07:12:21","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T13:12:21","slug":"three-of-a-kind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2017\/04\/three-of-a-kind.html","title":{"rendered":"Three of a kind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2017\/02\/IMG_8322-e1488498643958.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-900\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2017\/02\/IMG_8322-e1488498643958-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8322\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Faith, hope and love are gerat gifts. Love is the greatest gift, but living a life with all three makes for a blessed life.<\/p>\n<p>We need to have faith in God and everything that happens. We can hope for the best and with the eyes of faith experience deep love from all of the people God has put in our lives.<\/p>\n<p>These three things have the power to transform us. Faith provides a foundation for our lives. We have hope because of this foundation. We may struggle with things in life, but have support from the people who love us and those we love.<\/p>\n<p>It takes all three.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faith, hope and love are gerat gifts. Love is the greatest gift, but living a life with all three makes for a blessed life. We need to have faith in God and everything that happens. 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