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		<title>Snow Flowers II</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2024 09:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. &#8220;Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. &#8220;For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.&#8221; &#8211; Matthew 11:28-30 NKJV &#8220;Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. &#8230; &#8220;Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mountain Treasures IV – Maple Trees and Hidden Treasure</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2023 08:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[But the LORD said to Samuel, &#8220;Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the LORD does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.&#8221; &#8211; 1 Samuel 16:7 &#8220;For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him. &#8211; 2 Chronicles 16:9 Not too long ago a couple of good friends came over to our home and helped cut a large &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Acorns and Oak Trees</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2023 08:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to harvest. &#8211; Ecclesiastes 3:2 NLT Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. &#8230; &#8220;Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? &#8216;Father, save me from this hour&#8217;? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. &#8211; John 12:24, 27 NIV Jesus, knowing all that was going to happen to him, went out and &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Snow Flowers I</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2023 09:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[God&#8217;s voice is glorious in the thunder. We can&#8217;t even imagine the greatness of his power. &#8220;He directs the snow to fall on the earth and tells the rain to pour down. &#8230; We cannot imagine the power of the Almighty; but even though he is just and righteous, he does not destroy us. No wonder people everywhere fear him. All who are wise show him reverence.&#8221; &#8211; Job 37:5-6, 23-24 NLT Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up. &#8211; James 4:10 NKJV &#8220;Do not remember the former things, Nor consider the things &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Thanksgiving VII</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2022 09:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand; When I awake, I am still with You. &#8230; Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting. &#8211; Psalm 139:17-18, 23-24 A joyful heart makes a cheerful face, But when the heart is sad, the spirit is broken. &#8211; Proverbs 15:13 NASB20 Recently I was chatting &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Snow Pattern in the Trees</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2022 09:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. &#8211; John 3:16-17 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fall Colors IV</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2021 08:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Seek the LORD while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the LORD, And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon. &#8220;For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,&#8221; says the LORD. &#8220;For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts. &#8220;For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, And &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mountain Treasures III &#8211; Hidden Treasures and Cottonwood Trees</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2021 08:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.&#8217; Jeremiah 33:3 NIV Cottonwood trees are one of the fastest growing trees in North America. They can add an amazing six to seven feet of height in a year. Even though man classifies the cottonwood as a hardwood, their rapid growth characteristic makes for soft wood relative to many other trees. And this softer wood can cause the cottonwood to be susceptible to damage or breaking during severe wind-storms. Cottonwood trees like water, so you can often find them near streams &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Pink Elephant Flower</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2021 08:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Then God said, &#8220;Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth&#8221;; and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:11-12 Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Blackberries</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Trock]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2021 08:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The eyes of all look expectantly to You, And You give them their food in due season. You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing. The LORD is righteous in all His ways, Gracious in all His works. The LORD is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth. Psalm 145:15-18 I’ve been blessed to live in many parts of this world, but I have never seen so many blackberries growing in such abundance as where I live now. I have a friend who is currently serving in South &#8230;]]></description>
		
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