When we are tempted and seek to know and love God, and like Moses long to see His glory, and out of that occupation of our minds have no further love for that previous temptation, we have experienced something of the reality of the very highest form of freedom from sin. It is one thing to love sin and to force ourselves to quit it; it is another thing to hate sin because love for God is so gripping that the sin no longer appeals. The latter is repentance; the former is reform. It is repentance that God requires. Repentance is “a change of mind.” To love and yet quit it is not the same as hating it and quitting it. Your supposed victory over a sin may be simple displacement. You may love one sin so much (such as your pride) that you will curtail another more embarrassing sin which you also love. This may look spiritual, but there is nothing of God in it. Natural men do it every day.

Jim Elliff

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Dairy		Bobbie – no, Cakes, Cakes – lay, Chocolate, Desserts	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/2	c	Shortening
1 1/2	c	Sugar
2		Eggs
1/2	oz	Red food coloring
3	tb	Cocoa
1	c	Buttermilk
2 1/2	c	Cake flour
1	ts	Salt
2	ts	Vanilla
1	ts	Vinegar
1	ts	Baking soda

INSTRUCTIONS

Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs, beating well after each addition.
Beat in food coloring and cocoa. Add buttermilk alternately with flour.
Beat in salt and vanilla. Stir in vinegar and baking soda. Pur into two 8"
round greased baking pans. Bake at 350 F. for 30-35 minutes. Cool. Frost
with Icing:
Icing: 1 cup cold milk 3 tablespoon flour
1/2    cup butter
1/2    cup shortening 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla
In a saucepan, stir flour into milk, making a paste. Cook over Low heat
until thick, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and set heat and set
aside to cool. Beat butter and shortening until well mixed; beat in sugar.
Mix in cooled paste. Stir in vanilla. (You can add chopped nuts, if
desired.) MC formatting by bobbi744@acd.net ICQ #12099523
Recipe by: Carole Eberly, Lansing City Limits Magazine, July '97
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by Roberta Banghart <bobbi744@acd.net> on May
14, 1998

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