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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

There's no gridlock with God…no stalemate…no tie game. If a husband and wife have talked things out, but cannot come to agreement on a matter, the Bible teaches that the husband's authority prevails. By divine design God has entrusted to the husband leadership and authority with which to wisely and lovingly rule the household. The husband is not guaranteed the smartest decisions-but God does expect him to exercise leadership in the home and to have the power to veto (break up an impasse with his vote). However, this does not give him the right to be arrogant and to flaunt his authority, or to run roughshod over other family members' feelings. He has no right to refuse to listen to his wife, to withdraw from confrontational discussions, to act in anger, or to act in a non-understanding way (1 Peter 3:7). He has no right to exasperate his children or anyone else in the family. He must love his wife even as Christ loves the church and gave Himself up for it. Because of the Biblical doctrine of ';male headship,' I place (and I believe God places) the brunt of the responsibility for family growth, happiness, and harmony, upon the husband. Since he is the one entrusted with leadership, he is the one chiefly responsible for leading the family towards the goal of Christlikeness (Peter Wise).

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Garbanzo Bean Soup

January 23, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains, Meats	Spanish	Family &, Friends	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/2	lb	Garbanzo beans
1	tb	Salt
1		Beef bone; * see note
1		Ham bones
2	qt	Water
4	oz	White bacon
1	pn	Paprika
1		Onion
1	lb	Potatoes
2	oz	Lard
1	pn	Saffron
		Salt; to taste
1		Spanish sausage

INSTRUCTIONS

Soak beans overnight with salt, drain. Add water and the two bones. Cook 45
minutes on low. Fry bacon, paprika, onion in lard. Add along with
potaotoes, saffron and salt. Add chorizos cut thin. Cook until sausage,
beans and potatoes are done about 1 hour more.
NOTES : Instead on beef bone, I use 1 teaspoon beef flavor bouillon.
Recipe by: Sondra Price Bailey
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by Barb at PK  <abprice@wf.net> on Apr 14, 1998

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