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		<title>A Bad Day</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2012/05/07/a-bad-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 23:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Problems have a way of preoccupying our minds. At night especially problems are magnified and so we are glad when morning comes. In the morning a better perspective is found. Still though problems easily seem to own us and we therefore can default from the truth. With problems we can doubt our value. To God [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pain, Hurt and Jesus</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2012/04/23/pain-hurt-and-jesus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever been hurt or felt let down in life? King David faced betrayal by King Saul and yet he loved Saul. The book of Ruth shows that Ruth&#8217;s life took a huge downward turn as did Naomi&#8217;s. Pain and hurt are a part of life. They can act though as a mechanism of growth. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How are you feeling?</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2012/04/13/how-are-you-feeling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 01:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;How are you feeling?&#8221; &#8220;That doesn&#8217;t feel right.&#8221; &#8220;If it feels right do it.&#8221; We are a feeling driven society. Usually though on the other side of a &#8220;feel good&#8221; is a &#8220;feel bad&#8221;".&#8221; Paul writes in Ephesians 2:3, &#8220;All of us used to live that way, following the passionate desires and inclinations of our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marriage and Old Shoes</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2012/03/07/marriage-and-old-shoes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life at times seems overwhelming but my constant is my hubby. After 27 years of marriage, I&#8217;d say this commitment to each other is like a favorite old pair of shoes. We hear this saying often and yet it&#8217;s true. Favorite shoes are worth reheeling or resoling. We put some work and money into them [...]]]></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>
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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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		<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>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
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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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		<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>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
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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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