<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rdf:RDF xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"><channel rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/BlogRss.aspx/SAM4444"><title>SHELLY'S MEDITATIONS &amp; DEVOTIONS - Blogit</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SAM4444/</link><description>Daily meditaions and devotions; thoughts on poetry, highlighting the Psalms, quotes from famous poets, facts on the Holy Bible, Langston Hughes poetry corner.</description><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><sy:updateBase>2000-01-01T12:00+00:00</sy:updateBase><items><rdf:Seq><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SAM4444/573871" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SAM4444/573842" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SAM4444/573776" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SAM4444/573680" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SAM4444/573638" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SAM4444/573601" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SAM4444/573519" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SAM4444/573457" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SAM4444/573420" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SAM4444/573355" /></rdf:Seq></items></channel><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SAM4444/573871"><title>STRANGE AND AMAZING FACTS ABOUT THE HOLY BIBLE</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SAM4444/573871</link><description>1) Two books in the Bible do not state the name of God: Esther and Song of Solomon 2) There are 929 chapters in the Old Testament, 260 in the New Testament. 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Isaiah 6:5 "Holier than thou." Isaiah 65:5 "Like a lamb to slaughter." Isaiah 53:7 "Money is the root of all evil." 1 Timothy 6:10 "The fat of the land." Genesis 45:5 "All things to all men." 1 Corinthians 9:22</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SAM4444/573638"><title>thoughts on Poetry ~~~~~~~~~~ Salcatore Quasimodo</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SAM4444/573638</link><description>Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal which the reader recognizes as his own. 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