{"id":67432,"date":"2022-08-14T09:58:12","date_gmt":"2022-08-14T15:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/affirmation.org\/?p=67432"},"modified":"2022-08-14T09:58:14","modified_gmt":"2022-08-14T15:58:14","slug":"finding-a-loving-home-in-affirmation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/affirmation.org\/pt\/finding-a-loving-home-in-affirmation\/","title":{"rendered":"Encontrar um lar amoroso em afirma\u00e7\u00e3o"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Encontrar Afirma\u00e7\u00e3o era como abrir uma porta para um mundo de possibilidades, como sair de um lugar escuro cheio de d\u00favidas, medo e incerteza para a luz. Eu estava andando naquela escurid\u00e3o, ferido e com raiva. Filiei-me \u00e0 Igreja de Jesus Cristo dos Santos dos \u00daltimos Dias em 2001. L\u00e1, aprendi um evangelho que inclu\u00eda um Pai Celestial amoroso e compassivo e fam\u00edlias eternas. 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