{"id":1263,"date":"2018-04-09T05:00:12","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T10:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=1263"},"modified":"2018-03-20T17:58:18","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T22:58:18","slug":"faith-in-the-transitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2018\/04\/faith-in-the-transitions.html","title":{"rendered":"Faith in the transitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Going through a transition can be difficult. Things are always fluctuating and can seem that being settled is pipe dream.<\/p>\n<p>Yet we know there can be greatness on the other side of that transition. We <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2016\/07\/IMG_4275-e1480906648792.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-649 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2016\/07\/IMG_4275-e1480906648792-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4275\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>may be used to seeing butterflies, but sometimes forget they didn&#8217;t start out that way. Their beauty was hidden from view until they were ready.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes our beauty may\u00a0feel hidden from us during transitions. We have to realize that we have a beautiful butterfly of a soul growing and becoming more beautiful by the day.<\/p>\n<p>Having faith in the midst of transition is a key to making it through with the beauty of a butterfly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Going through a transition can be difficult. Things are always fluctuating and can seem that being settled is pipe dream. 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