{"id":1137,"date":"2017-11-08T05:00:50","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T11:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=1137"},"modified":"2017-09-26T22:11:51","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T03:11:51","slug":"clear-path-renewal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2017\/11\/clear-path-renewal.html","title":{"rendered":"Clear a path for renewal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_1464-e1506481217596.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1128 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2017\/09\/IMG_1464-e1506481217596-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1464\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>It is important for us to clear a path for renewal.<\/p>\n<p>We do not have to wait for a more appropriate time or more appropriate season. We can start right away.<\/p>\n<p>What needs to be cleared in your life now?<\/p>\n<p>How can you take things you have learned and apply them to clearing a path?<\/p>\n<p>Trees shed their leaves to make a new path. What leaves can you shed?<\/p>\n<p>Share your ways in comments to help others on their journey to renewal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is important for us to clear a path for renewal. We do not have to wait for a more appropriate time or more appropriate season. We can start right away. What needs to be cleared in your life now? 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