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		<title>Spring!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Spring! In the woods there are green buds everywhere. Mom&#8217;s flower gardens are springing into life. People are starting to mow their lawns. The whole rhythm of life starts again.  It feels like all of creation is full of hope! Genesis 8:22 NIV &#8220;As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<div>It feels like all of creation is full of hope!</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.biblestudytools.com/genesis/8-22.html">Genesis 8:22 NIV</a></div>
<div>&#8220;As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.&#8221;</div>
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