{"id":1196,"date":"2018-01-15T05:00:01","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T11:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=1196"},"modified":"2017-12-20T14:19:53","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T20:19:53","slug":"finding-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2018\/01\/finding-energy.html","title":{"rendered":"Finding energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2017\/12\/IMG_3542-e1513800565777.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1179 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2017\/12\/IMG_3542-e1513800565777-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3542\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>We all need energy. Yours may have been depleted by hectic holiday schedules and preparing children for the next semester of school, all while getting back in the swing of things at work. Resetting our schedules can be tiring!<\/p>\n<p>Instead of thinking of those things in terms of energy drains, try to find the blessings in them.<\/p>\n<p>Looking specifically for blessings can add to our energy level. Changing our focus can give us a new perspective and help us find the reserves of energy that we have.<\/p>\n<p>Where do you find blessings today?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all need energy. Yours may have been depleted by hectic holiday schedules and preparing children for the next semester of school, all while getting back in the swing of things at work. Resetting our schedules can be tiring! Instead of thinking of those things in terms of energy drains, try to find the blessings&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":591,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Finding energy - Through the Lens of Faith<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2018\/01\/finding-energy.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Finding energy - Through the Lens of Faith\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We all need energy. 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