{"id":960,"date":"2017-05-31T05:00:44","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T10:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=960"},"modified":"2017-05-26T08:10:18","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T13:10:18","slug":"learning-from-the-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2017\/05\/learning-from-the-past.html","title":{"rendered":"Learning from the past"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2017\/02\/IMG_0102.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-873 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2017\/02\/IMG_0102-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0102\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>We have many saints and heroes to look to as we navigate this journey of faith. It is very reassuring that we have people to look up to in this.<\/p>\n<p>We have to remember sometimes that we are not alone in our journey. Especially at those times when our faith doesn&#8217;t seem as strong as we would like it to be. These saints were as human as the rest of us! They struggled, too. They probably wondered where to turn and found strength from those that came before them.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have a favorite saint? Share them in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have many saints and heroes to look to as we navigate this journey of faith. It is very reassuring that we have people to look up to in this. We have to remember sometimes that we are not alone in our journey. 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