{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Write this Down! with Dot Bowen","title":"Episode 282: Perspective Changes Everything","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1794,"description":"Have you ever noticed how much your view changes depending on whether you're standing in the valley or looking down from the mountain? In this second episode of their Switzerland and France series, Dot and Cara pick back up on the porch overlooking the Alps and talk honestly about what it means to keep your eyes up even when clouds hide the mountain, or when you're the one sitting in the valley. They talk about the women at the tomb who mistook Jesus for the gardener, why gratitude has become Dot's lifeline through a hard season, and how one storm soaked afternoon ended with a double rainbow over Mont Blanc. Pull up a chair, grab your Bible, and lean in with us.\n\nEpisode Recap\nIntro(00:00)\nWrite this down: Exodus 19:3-6, God calling Moses up the mountain (00:00)\nWhy Dot has always been drawn to mountains, and how this trip felt different (01:22)\nMeeting God on the mountain versus in the valley, and how faith can move mountains (03:34)\nWatching mountain climbers and thinking about what it takes to hold on when you feel like you're barely hanging on (04:59)\nSeeing Mont Blanc from every angle, and how that changes the way you experience a mountain, not just how you see it (06:19)\nClouds can hide the mountain, but that doesn't mean it isn't there, and neither is God (12:41)\nThe women at the tomb almost missed Jesus because their tears and their focus were in the wrong place (16:15)\nGratitude as a lifeline, and how thanking God for small things opens your eyes to bigger ones (19:41)\nA storm hid the mountain completely, then gave way to a double rainbow as a reminder that God keeps His promises (27:52)\n\nThis Episode’s Scripture Verse\nExodus 19:3-6 (ESV) — \"While Moses went up to God, the LORD called to him out of the mountain, saying, 'Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the people of Israel: You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself. Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/v7vPrmUAaneZHKpkwIcL8bNwkKtEMC7pjp-aMO_pzmk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ5OTAwLzE3MDgz/NDE5OTItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}