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		<title>Finding Contentment</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Twitter/Facebook yesterday, I re-tweeted this quote from Nancy Leigh DeMoss: If we are not content with what we have, we will never be content with what we think we want. Wow. As expected, I didn&#8217;t get a lot of &#8220;likes&#8221; from that post. How often do I fall into the trap of just knowing that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bethholmes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4244484&amp;post=1051&amp;subd=bethholmes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A New Years Post&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been writing posts in my head for the past month or so, but never actually found time to sit down and type them out.  Now that I finally have a few minutes to myself, I find that I don&#8217;t know where to begin. Because this is the first week of the new year, most [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bethholmes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4244484&amp;post=1042&amp;subd=bethholmes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Things I&#8217;m Learning</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Needs and wants are not the same thing, and I can do without a lot of the things that I want.  When read in context, Philippians 4:13 is actually talking about Paul&#8217;s ability to be content in all circumstances, whether in need or in plenty &#8211; &#8220;I can do all things through Christ who gives [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bethholmes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4244484&amp;post=1033&amp;subd=bethholmes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thanksgiving</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the beginning of November, I decided to participate in the &#8220;Days of Thanksgiving&#8221; going around Facebook.  Each day, I have tried to come up with at least one thing for which I am thankful.  I don&#8217;t often participate in these trends on Facebook, but this year, I find myself in a season where I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bethholmes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4244484&amp;post=1028&amp;subd=bethholmes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pay It Ahead</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, one of the people I follow on Twitter said this: What are you needing today? &#8211; Encouragement, a helping hand, prayer, etc. Go give to someone else what you wish you had. It dawned on me that this is like &#8220;paying it forward,&#8221; only better and maybe a little more difficult. Instead of waiting until [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bethholmes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4244484&amp;post=1017&amp;subd=bethholmes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Pruning Process</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes the things we get most attached to, the things we are most proud of, are only taking up space where lasting fruit could be growing. &#8211; Jennifer Kennedy Dean, Life Unhindered! Wow.  I read this quote this week while sitting in our hotel room at the Legacy Center on the campus of Southern Seminary [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bethholmes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4244484&amp;post=1008&amp;subd=bethholmes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Busy Weekend</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday, I took Henry and my parents to my great-nephew&#8217;s first birthday party.  Yes, I said GREAT-nephew, although there is no way that I am old enough to be a great-aunt!  My beautiful niece now has a beautiful little boy, and we were  so very thankful to be able to help celebrate his special [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bethholmes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4244484&amp;post=997&amp;subd=bethholmes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is It September Already?</title>
		<link>http://bethholmes.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/is-it-september-already/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know that I said that I would start writing again in August &#8230; and here we are halfway through September!  We have had a lot of things going on &#8211; family stuff, church stuff, stuff-stuff.  I have thought about blogging many times, but I have not been sure what I wanted to say, or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bethholmes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4244484&amp;post=991&amp;subd=bethholmes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Birthday, July 4th, and a Little Break</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The past couple of weeks have been busy with celebrations around here.  We celebrated Father&#8217;s Day, Chris&#8217; birthday, and Henry&#8217;s birthday &#8211; all in the span of two weeks!  Needless to say, Henry&#8217;s was probably the biggest of the celebrations (sorry Chris!), and took a lot of work on everyone&#8217;s part.  But, we had a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bethholmes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4244484&amp;post=985&amp;subd=bethholmes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Technology and Books</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The most recent issue of World Magazine was the 2011 Books Issue, a favorite look at new books, old books, and why we should be reading them.  One particular article by Mindy Belz caught my attention, titled &#8220;The Still Point of a Turning World.&#8221;  In this article, she makes the case for reading, and looks at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bethholmes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4244484&amp;post=979&amp;subd=bethholmes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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