The One whose mercy flows freely to the undeserving is not a machine. He is not a mechanical Grace Dispenser. He is a Person. His smile is not an all-approving grin. He has moral sensitivities. We please Him, and we displease Him, moment by moment. Within the gospel framework of His grace, inside the relationship of His fatherly acceptance, He is fully capable of confronting us. Not rejecting us, not casting us off, but correcting us. Because He’s a good Father. I’ll take it further. The One who is for us (Romans 8:31) can also bluntly say, “I have something against you” (Revelation 2:4, 14, 20). The One who will never leave us nor forsake us (Hebrews 13:5) is also quite capable of saying to us, “We need to have a serious talk. It’s time for you to make some changes. If you will listen and follow, I will continue to use you. If you turn away, I will set you aside”... If your theology includes the message of justification by faith alone, I hope you will never back off from that. I hope you will keep that message central. But I also hope your theology includes another message – the grace of obedience fully pleasing to the Father.

Ray Ortlund

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Grains		Cookies, Chocolate, Kathy’s	1	Unknown

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Sugar
1		Stick oleo
4		Eggs
1	cn	Hershey syrup
1	c	Flour
		Nuts if desired

INSTRUCTIONS

cream together sugar and oleo. add eggs and beat well. add syrup and flour,
mix well. add nuts if desired. spread on a well greased and floured cookie
sheet. bake at 350 degrees for 1/2 hour. top with frosting or powder sugar.
recipe from my sister Carol Flynn.
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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