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		<title>A New Year, A New You</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As 2011 draws to a close, many of us are thinking about the approaching year in terms of how do we make 2012 better than 2011. Most of us have experienced many challenges and obstacles in the current year that we don&#8217;t want to take into the new year. Say amen if you agree with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rayvaleric.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3126430&amp;post=595&amp;subd=rayvaleric&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons Within a Lesson</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of months or so ago I attended a special Women&#8217;s Fellowship workshop at my church. We had food, fun and fellowship, all of which were great ingredients that added to our good time in the spirit of sisterhood. If your church doesn&#8217;t have such a small group for women to gather, consider starting one. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rayvaleric.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3126430&amp;post=110&amp;subd=rayvaleric&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Journey</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 22:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jour·ney   [jur-nee]: passage or progress from one stage to another Have you ever looked at your life and compared it to others, and found that yours seemed incredibly dull and boring in comparison? Ever felt as if everyone else was living and enjoying success after success, while it seemed as if you had caught a terrible case of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rayvaleric.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3126430&amp;post=104&amp;subd=rayvaleric&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Impossible Possibilities</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 01:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Nothing is impossible for God. Luke 1:37 (CEV)  As children we are taught to blend the lines of reality and make-believe. In the playgrounds of our young minds, we are encouraged to explore the enchanted and frolic with the forgotten. On wings of once upon a time, we’re carried from the possible to the impossible [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rayvaleric.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3126430&amp;post=99&amp;subd=rayvaleric&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Ready Writer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 06:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[    My heart overflows with a good theme;          I address my verses to the King;          My tongue is the pen of a ready writer (Psalm 45:1)   Happy New Year! The ball has dropped, the confetti has been cleaned up, and the celebrations marking the entrance of a new year have now passed. Our new year has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rayvaleric.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3126430&amp;post=87&amp;subd=rayvaleric&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Honeysuckle Nights</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;        your works are wonderful, I know that full well. Psalm 139:14 I will never be accused of being called a Gardener. Whereas there are those born with green thumbs and under their attentive care, they can coast even the most reluctant plant to grow, I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rayvaleric.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3126430&amp;post=78&amp;subd=rayvaleric&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Trees</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 15:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.  ~Willa Cather 1913 The other morning while enjoying a quiet moment on my porch, I happened to take notice of the two rather large trees that stand in my front yard. Exactly what kind of trees [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rayvaleric.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3126430&amp;post=71&amp;subd=rayvaleric&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Grateful</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning as I stepped up on the bus to begin my morning commute into work, the driver welcomed me aboard and asked how I was doing. &#8220;Good,&#8221; I replied. While taking my seat, I made eye contact with another passenger and she too inquired after my well being. And again I heard myself reply, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rayvaleric.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3126430&amp;post=63&amp;subd=rayvaleric&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Master&#8217;s Heart</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since I was a youngster I&#8217;ve loved dogs. Big dogs, little dogs, young dogs, old dogs, cute fluffly dogs, cute hairless dogs . I love them all. Dogs truly do have a special place within my heart, and I&#8217;ve been blessed to have shared both my heart and home with some truly amazing dogs.  As a pet owner [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rayvaleric.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3126430&amp;post=55&amp;subd=rayvaleric&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Morning Gatherings and Everyday Miracles</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning while traveling into work, the morning sky so captivated my attention that it simply took my breath away. Winter here in Indiana means night lingers a lot longer than the day does, so I wasn&#8217;t suprised to see the sky still dark at an hour that normally would have been much lighter. But [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rayvaleric.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3126430&amp;post=47&amp;subd=rayvaleric&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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