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		<title>Six Years Later&#8230;An Update</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauren Scott]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2017 16:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s hard to believe it&#8217;s been six years (this month!) since we called it quits here at Pearls and Diamonds. No, I&#8217;m not posting here because we&#8217;re reviving this site&#8211;it will remain a static resource.  But I did want you to know that Abigail is a pretty awesome labor and delivery nurse these days, celebrating [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>This Website is now a Static Resource</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 06:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We will not be adding new content. However, you are welcome to browse the archives and read past articles&#8211;and even comment or send us an e-mail! We may pass good stuff along via the Facebook group, so feel free to join up.  Hopefully, someday the Three Weavers will be finished, at which time we&#8217;ll share [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The End of All Things Is At Hand</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abigail]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 06:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Posted by Abigail At sweet sixteen, my Shadow and I decided to start a business, catering tea parties.  We’d grown up hosting them and it was high time to cash in our experience and make our etiquette pay for itself.  “Tea by Two” we called our party hosting, and drew out menus, business cards, flyers [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Praise Not Me</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauren Scott]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2011 20:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Praise not me But praise the Father Who draws and gives Of life the water Who shines that we Might see His glory Praise not me This is HIS story Think not of me Think much of Christ Whose work of love Paid the price For all the deeds That I have done Think not [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Um&#8230;has anyone seen Lauren or Abigail?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been pretty quiet around here&#8230;and we&#8217;ll tell  you why, soon.  As soon as we get to it.  😉 Meanwhile, we wanted you to know that we&#8217;re not renewing our domain name&#8230;so the blog address will just go back to being plain ol&#8217; http://www.pearlsanddiamonds.wordpress.com  So you might want to update your bookmarks and links&#8230;sorry for [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Because We Never Know the End&#8230;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abigail]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 16:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Posted by Abigail The last word you heard from me, I shared that I was losing a baby.  I told of hard paths, of death, of grief, of discouragement.  And I told of the Shunamite woman&#8211;of the miracle baby who grew up and died.  And of the pathway of trust down which Yahweh led her.  [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Young Sisters in Spirit</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 00:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Our friend, Abigail Otwell, has recently started a discussion board/forum for&#8230;our kind of people&#8230;you know&#8230;young ladies who desire godliness.  It&#8217;s called Young Sisters in Spirit, and you should visit and sign up and join the discussion.  It will be fun!  And encouraging.]]></description>
		
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		<title>God Wants Me to Be Happy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:36:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Or does He?  This is a phrase we’ve encountered often—usually used as a loop-hole to escape obedience—when disobedience sounds like more fun.  It’s a lie.  From multiple angles.  Here are two of our top concerns: First, our happiness is not God’s primary concern. Second, disobedience never really makes us happy. Agree or disagree with either?  [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abigail]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Posted by Abigail I’m losing a baby. My client left the dimly lit counseling room where we’d been talking for the past couple of weeks, still intent on abortion.  There was nothing I could do to change the outcome.  The hardest part was this:  I’d known from the beginning that I was fighting a losing [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Where Have I Been?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Taken from a journal entry&#8211;a year ago&#8211;and convicting me again today&#8230; Where have I been?  Out seeking success apart from the Lord?  Seeking the world while neglecting my soul?  Doing from first thing in the morning, till late at night, while my Bible and headcovering lie mostly neglected on my desk.  It&#8217;s so easy to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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