<![CDATA[SpiritualFamily.Net: November 2017]]> https://spiritualfamily.net/blog/archive/Bill_Bricker/1509508800/1512104400 https://spiritualfamily.net/blog/view/6873/personal-growth-in-personal-religion Sun, 05 Nov 2017 12:53:17 -0500 https://spiritualfamily.net/blog/view/6873/personal-growth-in-personal-religion <![CDATA[Personal Growth in Personal Religion]]> Personal Growth in Personal Religion ~
 
Personal growth is an Inner experience, and usually it is something we see after the fact of that growth. When values grow into a personal religion Within us -- we change in our everyday lives with that higher value we now put into action in our life's doings.
 
It's a step by step process we are into in life. Physically, mentally, and spiritually. Life is Very personal, and we should give everyone that 'space' to grow without judging. That's the trick... giving that space to everyone -- including ourselves.
 
Religion cannot be bestowed, received, loaned, learned, or lost. It is a personal experience which grows proportionally to the growing quest for final values. Cosmic growth thus attends on the accumulation of meanings and the ever-expanding elevation of values. But nobility itself is always an unconscious growth.
]]> Bill Bricker https://spiritualfamily.net/blog/view/6872/the-personal-work Sun, 05 Nov 2017 11:56:14 -0500 https://spiritualfamily.net/blog/view/6872/the-personal-work <![CDATA[The Personal Work]]> The Personal Work ~
 
 
 
We were given a mind to think with, and a body as a vehicle of expression, action and communication. Pray for guidance and clarity in purpose, but don't expect God to do the work for you -- the work is part of our personal experience, so enjoy it, even if it's one tough job.
 
Do not be so slothful as to ask God to solve your difficulties, but never hesitate to ask him for wisdom and spiritual strength to guide and sustain you while you yourself resolutely and courageously attack the problems at hand.
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