<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674016135108707034.post2725816203114127373..comments</id><updated>2011-12-26T14:15:58.426-08:00</updated><category term='Summer'/><category term='Introduction'/><category term='Cross Stitch'/><category term='Anger'/><category term='Ornaments'/><category term='Relationships'/><category term='My Faith Story'/><category term='Hope'/><category term='Forgiveness'/><category term='Gifts'/><category term='Poems'/><category term='Compassion International'/><category term='Thousand Gifts'/><category term='The Story'/><category term='Fear'/><category term='RoozenGaarde'/><category term='Koto No Ito'/><category term='Crochet'/><category term='The Courtney Chronicles'/><category term='LA County Arboretum'/><category term='Moving'/><category term='Videos'/><category term='Bellevue Botanical Garden'/><category term='Art Projects'/><category term='Joy'/><category term='Plants of Promise'/><category term='Chronic Illness'/><category term='Thankful Thursday'/><category term='Surrender'/><category term='Tea'/><category term='Travel'/><category term='Tiger Eyes'/><category term='Woodland Park Rose Garden'/><category term='Blog Design'/><category term='Poetry'/><category term='Peonies'/><category term='Venti'/><category term='Celebration'/><category term='Writing'/><category term='Faith'/><category term='Spring'/><category term='Home'/><category term='Grace'/><category term='Arboretum'/><category term='Painting'/><category term='Giveaways'/><category term='Just Me'/><category term='Grief'/><category term='Organizing'/><category term='God'/><category term='Christmas'/><category term='Music'/><category term='Becoming'/><category term='Winter'/><category term='Shame'/><category term='Photography'/><category term='Psalms of Ascent'/><category term='Fall Color'/><category term='Art'/><category term='Autumn'/><category term='Poverty'/><category term='Joy Dare 2012'/><category term='Amaryllis'/><category term='Letting Go'/><category term='Prayer'/><category term='Gratitude'/><category term='Growth'/><category term='Color'/><category term='Brokenness'/><category term='Cats'/><category term='Healing'/><category term='Fothergilla gardenii'/><category term='Snow'/><category term='Love'/><category term='Resolutions'/><category term='Pictures'/><category term='Peace'/><category term='Beauty'/><category term='Quilting'/><category term='Nathan'/><category term='Recipes'/><category term='Collage'/><category term='Year of Faith'/><title type='text'>Comments on Growing Is Beautiful: When Christmas Is In Full Bloom</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.growingisbeautiful.com/feeds/2725816203114127373/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7674016135108707034/2725816203114127373/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.growingisbeautiful.com/2011/12/when-christmas-is-in-full-bloom.html'/><author><name>Courtney</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08019187519810116317</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_i4fVkzUzzg8/TJk8V7sLdVI/AAAAAAAAAuE/sD1tsYND0CM/S220/Courtney+Sept2010.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674016135108707034.post-8002323858860422565</id><published>2011-12-26T14:15:58.426-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-26T14:15:58.426-08:00</updated><title type='text'>@&lt;a href="#c6370923475011774967" rel="nofollow"&gt;ch...</title><content type='html'>@&lt;a href="#c6370923475011774967" rel="nofollow"&gt;chris&lt;/a&gt;:  Wow--a thought to build your whole life around?  I am so humbled to be a vessel for His Truth to find its way into others&amp;#39; lives.  But yes, this is the thing I&amp;#39;ve been learning this year--that accepting who we are, that seeing ourselves as a gift from Him, this is what lets us really engage with the world and believe that who He&amp;#39;s made us to be and what He&amp;#39;s given us are enough to change the world--one day/one person/one step at a time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And thank *you* for faithful reading and speaking back into my story.  It wouldn&amp;#39;t be &amp;quot;fellowship&amp;quot; without you!  So glad to have &amp;quot;met&amp;quot; you this year--you&amp;#39;re one of those I wrote about here whom I count it nothing but joy to call Friend.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7674016135108707034/2725816203114127373/comments/default/8002323858860422565'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7674016135108707034/2725816203114127373/comments/default/8002323858860422565'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.growingisbeautiful.com/2011/12/when-christmas-is-in-full-bloom.html?showComment=1324937758426#c8002323858860422565' title=''/><author><name>Courtney</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08019187519810116317</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_i4fVkzUzzg8/TJk8V7sLdVI/AAAAAAAAAuE/sD1tsYND0CM/S220/Courtney+Sept2010.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.growingisbeautiful.com/2011/12/when-christmas-is-in-full-bloom.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674016135108707034.post-2725816203114127373' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7674016135108707034/posts/default/2725816203114127373' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-77059017'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674016135108707034.post-6370923475011774967</id><published>2011-12-26T02:44:34.500-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-26T02:44:34.500-08:00</updated><title type='text'>hi Courtney--

&amp;quot;being a gift to a hurting, Ch...</title><content type='html'>hi Courtney--&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;being a gift to a hurting, Christ-starved world&amp;quot;--a wonderful thought, and one to build my whole life around! thank you so much for all the fellowship and encouragement. may you too bask in the joy of His loving presence, all through the twelve days of Christmas and beyond..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--chris</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7674016135108707034/2725816203114127373/comments/default/6370923475011774967'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7674016135108707034/2725816203114127373/comments/default/6370923475011774967'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.growingisbeautiful.com/2011/12/when-christmas-is-in-full-bloom.html?showComment=1324896274500#c6370923475011774967' title=''/><author><name>chris</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16673834639722877016</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06761358488737418935'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.growingisbeautiful.com/2011/12/when-christmas-is-in-full-bloom.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674016135108707034.post-2725816203114127373' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7674016135108707034/posts/default/2725816203114127373' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1816756236'/></entry></feed>
