{"id":326,"date":"2015-11-09T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T15:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=326"},"modified":"2015-10-26T20:33:53","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T01:33:53","slug":"lemons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2015\/11\/lemons.html","title":{"rendered":"Faith and Lemons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2015\/10\/lemon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-332 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2015\/10\/lemon-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"lemon\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lemons can bring a pucker to your tastebuds. They are so sour, but can be so refreshing when sugar is added for lemonade. We&#8217;ve all heard the saying, &#8220;If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But what if your faith seems a little sour? When life hands you lemons it&#8217;s hard to keep your faith on the sweeter side. Even the best tasting lemonade may have started with some sour lemons. Next time your faith feels sour, try to think back to a time when it was a little sweeter. What was different?<\/p>\n<p>Invite a friend to share a glass of lemonade and toast to a sweeter experience of faith!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lemons can bring a pucker to your tastebuds. They are so sour, but can be so refreshing when sugar is added for lemonade. We&#8217;ve all heard the saying, &#8220;If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.&#8221; But what if your faith seems a little sour? When life hands you lemons it&#8217;s hard to keep your faith&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-326","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>Faith and Lemons - 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\/2015\/11\/lemons.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Faith and Lemons - Through the Lens of Faith\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lemons can bring a pucker to your tastebuds. 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