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		<title>My Husband, My Friend</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To Love and to Honor… My Husband, My Friend!


 
My husband is a man with a huge heart…a heart that feels deeply…a heart that brings healing to others by the way he offers love, compassion and courage to those who are especially down trodden, weak and weary. He is a Shepard, a gatherer of people. He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What the Hell are you doing?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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Hidden Feelings Come Out
 

 
I was going to Sears to check out something I was interested in but I was a little early so I was sitting in my car waiting for the doors to open. I looked across the lot and saw a young lady get out of her car. She checked out the back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smashed My Thumb</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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I’ve written a great teaching on the significance of expressing our feelings. I have long touted the importance of sharing the feelings we have in order to express them, release them, and resolve them. The scriptures talk about when one part of the body hurts, the whole body hurts.

This morning as I left the fitness [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Father and Son</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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As Iron sharpens Iron, so does one man sharpen another. Proverbs 27:17

Derek was only 18 when he learned of his father’s addiction. Sitting on the step of a stairwell in a hotel close to his college, he hung his head. First anger, then such severe grief for an 18 year old to have to endure, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buying a Car Like Going to the Dentist</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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As I contemplated going to work for a Toyota Dealership I looked back over the years of my own car buying experiences. I had purchased a lot of cars in my lifetime. When I was 17 years old I was ecstatic when buying  a 1970 Volkswagen Beetle.
 

 
I have bought cars from individuals, dealers, and yes, even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fitting In &#8211; A New Environment for Us, by Sue DeRaad</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday
Today, I am feeling overwhelmed with what it means to be transparent in relationships. If “transparency” as described in the Journey of Thomas means to have enough substance to live in flexibility, then I am learning a lesson here.

Our recent move from Minnesota to South Dakota has brought about quite a stirring up in my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sue DeRaad &#8211; Listening to her children</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being an active participant in your relationships is a part of unconditional love, leading to a better understanding of one another and nurturing respect.
 
So many times I have to take a step back and ask myself, am I really hearing what’s being said to me? Or am I responding out of my own insecurities or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Authenticity in our approach to sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being content with who we are only comes from knowing who we are to begin with!
 
I was getting to know a fellow salesman the other day at the car dealership, &#8220;Mark, I found a great way to communicate with my customers about buying cars.&#8221; I found that I can sell an experience. Cars are meant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Journey of Thomas &#8211; A New Life, John J. Smid&#8217;s Story</title>
		<link>http://www.gracerivers.com/jot-smidstory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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Printable PDF &#8211; John Smid&#8217;s Journey Testimony
 
Psalm 116:1-2
I love the LORD, for he heard my voice, He heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live.
 
&#8220;John, you need to know Jesus! We are Christians and we want you to know that you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Journey of Thomas &#8211; Non-Judgmental</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Matthew 7:1-5
Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother&#8217;s eye and pay no attention to the plank in [...]]]></description>
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