{"id":562,"date":"2016-05-30T05:00:37","date_gmt":"2016-05-30T10:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=562"},"modified":"2016-05-01T16:42:26","modified_gmt":"2016-05-01T21:42:26","slug":"labyrinth-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2016\/05\/labyrinth-life.html","title":{"rendered":"Labyrinth of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_2638.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-555\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2016\/05\/IMG_2638-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2638\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our lives take all sorts of twists and turns. You can start out taking a left turn and all of a sudden the road veers to the right. Or perhaps you can think you&#8217;re making a full circle and it goes a little oblong.<\/p>\n<p>The thing I like about labyrinths is the reminder that whatever way you start the path, you will end up right where you need to be &#8212; in the center &#8212; where God is waiting. When I walked in this particular labyrinth, I found myself wondering at some point if it was ever going to get to the middle. The more I walked the more it veered to the outside and to the left and right. But eventually I landed right in the middle where I was meant to be.<\/p>\n<p>Is your faith journey right now feeling like this labyrinth? Take a breath and keep your feet moving forward. You&#8217;ll land where you need to be!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our lives take all sorts of twists and turns. You can start out taking a left turn and all of a sudden the road veers to the right. Or perhaps you can think you&#8217;re making a full circle and it goes a little oblong. 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