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	<title>JillSweetman.com &#187; Marriage</title>
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	<description>Teachings, Insights and Reflections from Ps. Jill Sweetman</description>
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		<title>Buses and Blessing</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2012/01/30/buses-and-blessing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Life]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[1 Chronicles 4:8-10]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have distinct memories of the Sweetman &#8220;bus period&#8221;. We had no where to live and so good friends lent us a bus. We parked it in my parents backyard, ran a power chord to my parents&#8217; house and while Dean and I had a bed, the kids slept on bus seats. It was a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unity. What Do We Believe?</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2012/01/11/unity-what-do-we-believe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[I will build My church]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I will build my church and all the powers of hell will not conquer it.&#8221; (Matthew 16:18). These are the words of Jesus. Therefore  it&#8217;s  not worth trying to criticize or tear down the church. It just means that there are battles to fight in life. People fought persecution in the Bible. It cannot be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goals and Forgiveness</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2012/01/03/goals-and-forgiveness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Addiction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rahab]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By now many of us have set goals for 2012. Some of these are easily attained while others seem to allude us. Failure in achievement is sometimes due to the fact that we find ourselves comparing ourselves to others and so we become resentful. We find ourselves in an ugly spiral that takes us further [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pain</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/11/29/pain/</link>
		<comments>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/11/29/pain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drug Addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Empty Nesting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marriage Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pornography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexual Addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bathsheba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[long term pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It would be so nice to live in a world of no pain. Doctors&#8217; offices are full of people pursuing just that. Relief from physical, emotional and mental pain. Pain hurts. We see situations of this from the beginning of time. Many times in our desperation we try to appease our pain in detrimental ways. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vital Keys for Dads</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/10/17/vital-keys-for-dads/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenting Teenagers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenting Young Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Servanthood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guidance. Acceptance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[presence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A dad is a child&#8217;s super hero. When dad is struggling, so do the kids. As a mum, I could love my kids all day long but when Dean came home, the house changed. The house of order would often become chaos. In the presence of Dean, business ideas were birthed, spontaneous outings occurred and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sexual Ebbs and Flows</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/10/03/sexual-ebbs-and-flows/</link>
		<comments>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/10/03/sexual-ebbs-and-flows/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mature Marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newly Married]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexuality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[audible stimulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marriage]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[time]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sexual Ebbs and Flows There&#8217;s times when sex is on our mind and so it&#8217;s easy to make it a priority. Other times it&#8217;s work. Often sex is called an act because we have to make ourselves perform. We have to stir ourselves to action! There&#8217;s times of desire and times of no desire when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fighting</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/08/29/fighting/</link>
		<comments>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/08/29/fighting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ephesians 5:21]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow did Dean and I fight in our early married years. Yelling, silent treatment, sleeping in separate rooms, throwing things at each other and driving off in the middle of the night. Though the above mentioned events are extremes and should decrease over time, marriage involves the meshing of two different individuals. Each has opinions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tweeting, Facebook and Relationships</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/08/22/tweeting-facebook-and-relationships/</link>
		<comments>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/08/22/tweeting-facebook-and-relationships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 06:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So much fun. Twitter and Facebook allow us access to people on a greater level than ever before. We can reestablish relationships that we thought lost forever. We need to be wise with these connections. Words build or destroy relationships. While we may write something with little thought, it&#8217;s effect on our lives and others [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sex, Single and Accountability</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/08/16/sex-single-and-accountability/</link>
		<comments>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/08/16/sex-single-and-accountability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[denial.]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jillsweetman.com/?p=480</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sex Most of us know what the Bible states about sex &#8211; between a man and a woman in marriage. That means that God would love singles to abstain. That&#8217;s tough but after all, there&#8217;s not many occasions when he says &#8216;no&#8217; to certain things. Casual sex or any sex outside of marriage can seem [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Single and NOT Loving It?</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/08/01/single-and-not-loving-it/</link>
		<comments>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/08/01/single-and-not-loving-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dating. Song of Songs. Building life. Loneliness.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Single and loving it? Not always easy. Who knows when God brings along that special someone. The waiting can be frustrating as is the waiting for anything that we really want. One thing I do know about being single is that we need to prepare ourselves in the waiting and set ourselves up well to [...]]]></description>
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