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	<description>"For to me to live is Christ." It is my goal to honor and glorify Jesus Christ in every area of my life and to use the talents, skills and opportunities He gives me to further His kingdom</description>
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		<title>Welcome!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Aug 2006 00:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to my new home on the blogosphere! As re-designed product packages are often wont to proclaim, &#8220;New look &#8211; same great content!&#8221; (Though I confess, I did try to keep the look as close to my other blog as I could, because I really like the layout and color scheme.) A look into the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to my new home on the blogosphere! As re-designed product packages are often wont to proclaim, &#8220;<em>New look &#8211; same great content!</em>&#8221; <img src='http://nataliespianostudio.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' />  (Though I confess, I did try to keep the look as close to my other blog as I could, because I really like the layout and color scheme.) A look into the inspiration for, and purpose of, my blog can be found <a href="http://nataliespianostudio.com/blog/2005/07/12/indelibly-marked/">here</a>.</p>
<p>The side bar categories contain every post. I&#8217;ve transfered all of the posts from my previous blog over to this one. If anyone knows of an easy way to transfer all the comments from my posts on Blogger to these, please, please let me know! I just can&#8217;t imagine manually copying all of them (I tried it with one post and then gave up), but I would like to preserve them if at all possible.</p>
<p>Feel free to let me know what you think or if you have any suggestions for improvement (on my blog, that is&#8230;). And don&#8217;t forget to set your links to point to this new address!</p>
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		<title>Indelibly Marked</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2005 16:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>natalie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alas, I can no longer resist the urge to join the massive and growing blogosphere&#8230;my decision to do so has largely been the result of the inspiration I have received in regularly reading the blogs of crystal and cshayden. My greatest hindrance to setting up my own blog was my inability to come up with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Alas, I can no longer resist the urge to join the massive and growing blogosphere&#8230;my decision to do so has largely been the result of the inspiration I have received in regularly reading the blogs of <a href="http://www.biblicalwomanhoodonline.com/blog.htm">crystal</a> and <a href="http://cshayden.blogspot.com/">cshayden</a>.</p>
<p>My greatest hindrance to setting up my own blog was my inability to come up with a clever and captivating name for it. As you can see, I&#8217;ve finally settled on something very original. <img src='http://nataliespianostudio.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' />  I have attempted to capture in my description, however, the essence of the following short segment from the book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=ur2&#038;camp=1789&amp;tag=httpwwwnatali-20&#038;creative=9325&#038;path=tg/detail/-/B00087CJRW/qid=1121227882/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2?v=glance%26s=books">The Life of Adoniram Judson</a><img width="1" height="1" border="0" style="border: medium none ; margin: 0px" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=httpwwwnatali-20&#038;l=ur2&#038;o=1" />. It left a lasting impression on me when I read it several years ago, and it is my aim to daily live up to the challenge issued from this wise man of God and missionary to the people of Burma.</p>
<p>&#8220;We have a general intention of living religion; but we intend to begin tomorrow or next year. The present moment we prefer giving to the world. &#8216;A little more sleep, a little more slumber.&#8217; Well, a little more sleep, and our work will be done. And when it is once done, it is done to all eternity. A life once spent is irrevocable. It will remain to be contemplated through eternity. If it be marked with sins, the marks will be indelible. If it has been a useless life, it can never be improved. Such it will stand forever and ever.</p>
<p>&#8220;The same may be said of each day. When it is once past, it is gone forever. All the marks which we put upon it, it will exhibit forever. It will never become less true that such a day was spent in such a manner. Each day will not only be a witness of our conduct, but will affect our everlasting destiny.</p>
<p>&#8220;No day will lose its share of influence in determining where shall be our seat in heaven. How shall we then wish to see each day marked with usefulness! It will then be too late to mend its appearance. It is too late to mend the days that are past. The future is in our power. Let us, then, each morning, resolve to send the day into eternity in such a garb as we shall wish it to wear forever. And at night let us reflect that one more day is irrevocably gone, indelibly marked.&#8221;</p>
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