{"id":1243,"date":"2018-03-12T05:00:02","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T10:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=1243"},"modified":"2018-03-05T18:31:38","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T00:31:38","slug":"slowly-being-reborn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2018\/03\/slowly-being-reborn.html","title":{"rendered":"Slowly being reborn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_1010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1121 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2017\/09\/IMG_1010-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1010\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>Leaves are greening, flowers are blooming and spring is in the air.<\/p>\n<p>Do you find yourself being impatient with the slow process? Sometimes we want those flowers to go from budding to bloomed in a blink of an eye. After a long winter, we need all the effects of spring!<\/p>\n<p>We may feel frustrated when our winter faith is slow to warm. But we can follow the cues of the season and know the rebirth will come in its own time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leaves are greening, flowers are blooming and spring is in the air. Do you find yourself being impatient with the slow process? Sometimes we want those flowers to go from budding to bloomed in a blink of an eye. After a long winter, we need all the effects of spring! 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