{"id":1241,"date":"2018-03-07T05:00:56","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T11:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=1241"},"modified":"2018-03-04T15:11:07","modified_gmt":"2018-03-04T21:11:07","slug":"when-things-are-unclear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2018\/03\/when-things-are-unclear.html","title":{"rendered":"When things are unclear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It can be frustrating when the path before us is unclear. We want so much to know exactly where we are going, who we are going<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2018\/01\/IMG_4621-e1520194993989.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1216 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2018\/01\/IMG_4621-e1520194993989-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4621\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a> with, anything.<\/p>\n<p>When our faith is unclear, it can be even more frustrating. I am patient with others, but do not apply that same patience to my own journey.<\/p>\n<p>Are you patient when things are unclear? How do you find clarity?<\/p>\n<p>Life is a process and the fact that we go through cycles of good and bad, find strength in the midst of weakness, can give us hope when things are unclear.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It can be frustrating when the path before us is unclear. We want so much to know exactly where we are going, who we are going with, anything. When our faith is unclear, it can be even more frustrating. I am patient with others, but do not apply that same patience to my own journey.&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-1241","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>When things are unclear - 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\/03\/when-things-are-unclear.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"When things are unclear - Through the Lens of Faith\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It can be frustrating when the path before us is unclear. 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