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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>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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		<title>The Spice of Married Life</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/06/08/the-spice-of-married-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jillsweetman.com/?p=422</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether we like it or not, conflicts will happen in our marriages. Anyone who has been married more than 5 minutes can agree with me on that! Although people often believe that great marriages have no conflict, this simply isn’t true. Conflict occurs when our desires differ. The problem doesn’t lie in our differences of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Secret to Marriage Fulfillment</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/05/25/secret-to-marriage-fulfillment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 13:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People often ask me &#8220;What is the ONE key to having a great marriage?&#8221; While I believe that there is not just one thing that makes a marriage great, I do know that spiritual intimacy is a key in building an incredible marriage. What is spiritual intimacy? I believe it’s an important component of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Did I Get Married?</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/05/10/why-did-i-get-married/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 12:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jillsweetman.com/?p=401</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I remember walking down the aisle on my wedding day and wondering what on earth I was doing! Was I really getting married? I had been through several relationships – in love, out of love, is this love, what is love? I had dated for the sake of dating and had no idea what its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building a Great Sex Life</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/04/19/building-a-great-sex-life/</link>
		<comments>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/04/19/building-a-great-sex-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:16:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jillsweetman.com/?p=377</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Women feel cheated when a man wants sex but he has done little or nothing for her during the day. If a man desires his wife to be interested in sex then he must love her “as Christ loved the church” (Ephesians 5:25). This means that a man works to discover his wife’s needs, whether [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Wives Feel More Involved in Church Life</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/04/04/when-wives-feel-more-involved-in-church-life/</link>
		<comments>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/04/04/when-wives-feel-more-involved-in-church-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes we girls have opportunities to volunteer at church, or be involved in planning events at church, while our husbands are working full-time to support our families. The following blog entry was written by one of our incredible pastors at C3 Church, Jessica Lenox, to address how we wives we can handle these situations. When [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recipe for Marriage</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/03/28/recipe-for-marriage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marriage does well when men and women concentrate on giving to each other (Ephesians 5:21). We do this not only when we feel like it but also when we don’t want to. While a girl craves to be loved, a guy needs respect. We read of this in Ephesians 5:33. Negative words and criticism only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s a Guy Like?</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/03/14/whats-a-guy-like/</link>
		<comments>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/03/14/whats-a-guy-like/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Ephesians 5:33, Paul tells us that wives should respect their husbands while husbands must love their wives. It shows that needs between the sexes differ. And so it&#8217;s pointless to love a guy in the way in which a woman wants to be loved. Girls we need to work out what He wants. King [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Slippers and Freedom</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/03/07/slippers-and-freedom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 13:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m spending a lot of time in Dean’s slippers at the moment. Not being able to travel as much due to surgery means much rest. Dean’s slippers bring me comfort because they are big, comfy and his. In my days of healing, I spend as much time around great friends, my Bible and church. These [...]]]></description>
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