{"id":523,"date":"2009-03-30T07:51:13","date_gmt":"2009-03-30T12:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aleroy.com\/blog\/?p=523"},"modified":"2009-03-30T07:51:13","modified_gmt":"2009-03-30T12:51:13","slug":"think-of-spiritual-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aleroy.com\/blog\/archives\/523\/think-of-spiritual-growth","title":{"rendered":"Think of Spiritual Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spiritual Growth.<\/p>\n<p>Walking the path of unconditional Love.<\/p>\n<p>Why? To become more like the Father, our Creator, to share His love and light with others, which in itself is the greatest reward we can ever receive. God is unconditional love. We walk the spiritual path to learn how to love unconditionally as He does. It is not an easy path, many times we must decide for love against our feelings of anger, jealousy, or self-righteousness. But the more we do choose love, the easier it will become. 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