{"id":799,"date":"2017-01-09T05:00:22","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T11:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=799"},"modified":"2017-01-05T19:26:08","modified_gmt":"2017-01-06T01:26:08","slug":"bright-spots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2017\/01\/bright-spots.html","title":{"rendered":"Bright spots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2017\/01\/IMG_7254.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-805\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2017\/01\/IMG_7254-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7254\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>I love how the colors of these roses bring light to an otherwise gray and rainy day. They don&#8217;t let the dampness surrounding it impede their beauty.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes our faith lives can seem gray or dull. We can feel like we&#8217;re going through the same old motions, making the same prayers.<\/p>\n<p>What has brought beauty to your life? Maybe there is a photograph in your house that brings you joy.<\/p>\n<p>This week, bring that picture out or buy a rose or anything that brings you light. Pray in thanksgiving for those lights in your life. It may just help you get through the next gray, rainy day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love how the colors of these roses bring light to an otherwise gray and rainy day. They don&#8217;t let the dampness surrounding it impede their beauty. Sometimes our faith lives can seem gray or dull. We can feel like we&#8217;re going through the same old motions, making the same prayers. What has brought beauty&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-799","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>Bright spots - 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\/2017\/01\/bright-spots.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bright spots - Through the Lens of Faith\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I love how the colors of these roses bring light to an otherwise gray and rainy day. 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