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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

So, what’s so bad about complaining? One – it reveals a thankless heart. How much easier is it to complain about the two things we don’t have as compared to being grateful for the thousands of things we do have? How can we follow the commands to rejoice always (Phil. 4:4) and be thankful for all things (1 Thes. 5:18) if there is a mere morsel of complaining in our hearts? Two – complaining reveals greater sins. Why do we complain? Because we are jealous that someone has what we want. Because we are selfish that things are not going our way. Because we are discontent and unsatisfied in Christ’s sufficiency. And three – complaining distrusts the sovereignty of God. Complaining implies that God made a mistake; that He not ruling the world with perfect justice and wisdom and quite frankly, we could do a better job. That He’s personally unloving and unkind to us. Can we rightly accept the fact that God has a good plan for our lives, or do we complain in believing ours is better and thus cast doubt on our sovereign Creator?

Randy Smith

God declares to us that Jesus Christ, who once had His side pierced, today has His heart open, as it were, that we may have assurance of the love that He bears us; that as He once had His arms fastened to the cross, now He has them wide open to draw us to Himself; and that as once He shed his blood, so today He wishes us to be plunged within it. So, when God invites us so sweetly and Jesus Christ sets before us the fruit of His death and passion...let us all come to take our stand with our Lord Jesus Christ.

John Calvin

We Love God!

God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Hush Puppies3

January 23, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy		Bread	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	White cornmeal
1/3	c	Sifted flour
1	ts	Salt
1	ts	Baking powder
1/2	ts	Soda
1	sm	Onion diced
3/4	c	Buttermilk; (about)

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Mix cornmeal, flour, salt, baking powder and soda in a bowl.
2. Stir in onion and buttermilk. Blend thoroughly. If needed, add more
buttermilk for good consistency.
3. Drop batter by heaping teaspoonfuls into hot fat at least 1- in. deep.
4. Fry until golden, turn and brown other side.
5. Drain on absorbent paper and serve hot.
Recipe by: Liz Custer
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by " The Custers" <custer@dconn.com> on Feb 14,
1998

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