{"id":988,"date":"2017-06-14T05:00:21","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T10:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=988"},"modified":"2017-06-02T07:56:26","modified_gmt":"2017-06-02T12:56:26","slug":"across-the-miles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2017\/06\/across-the-miles.html","title":{"rendered":"Across the miles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2017\/05\/IMG_0282-e1495804722959.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-974 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2017\/05\/IMG_0282-e1495804722959-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0282\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Have you ever stopped to consider how many miles you have traveled? How many bridges you have crossed or how many obstacles you have met and overcome?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s hard to consider how much things have changed in our lives. Even looking back over a year can show you just how far we have come. And our faith has come along, as well.<\/p>\n<p>It has changed and grown, sometimes it has ebbed and flowed. But it is always there, somewhere in the midst of journey.<\/p>\n<p>Where have you traveled over the years? How has your faith grown with each experience and can you see how even the challenging times of faith were somehow brought to a stronger level?<\/p>\n<p>Share your experiences in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever stopped to consider how many miles you have traveled? How many bridges you have crossed or how many obstacles you have met and overcome? It&#8217;s hard to consider how much things have changed in our lives. Even looking back over a year can show you just how far we have come. 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