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		<title>Finding Your Home</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>“I just have such a hard time during the newborn stage.  I feel so unsettled as I’m trying to figure out our new routines.” I confessed this to my sister-in-law not too long ago as I was processing through the hard that comes when you are given the gift of a baby. Last week, my [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.thistlebend.org/finding-your-home/">Finding Your Home</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.thistlebend.org">Thistlebend Ministries</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Sneaky Pride</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Sneaky Pride A while ago I made a commitment to contribute as a writer twice a month to the Bloom Blog. It has been a long time since I’ve written a blog. I had many reasons why I hadn’t written. One, I would tell myself “Today is the day I will write!” but not surprisingly, [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.thistlebend.org/sneaky-pride/">Sneaky Pride</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.thistlebend.org">Thistlebend Ministries</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Our Need for the Gospel</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Usually when I sit down to write a blog, I write about what the Lord has been teaching me lately. Recently, I was due to turn in a blog post and was praying about what to write. The only thing that came to mind was something I felt I had written previously. At the risk [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.thistlebend.org/our-need-for-the-gospel/">Our Need for the Gospel</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.thistlebend.org">Thistlebend Ministries</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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