We Love God!

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

While the spiritual heart is most important, most relationships start off based on physical attractiveness (see Song of Solomon). Therefore, I submit to you that we demonstrate love toward our spouse by reasonably maintaining our attractiveness. After all, according to Scripture our bodies belong not to ourselves, but to each other (1 Cor. 7:4). What we are seeing to avoid is the popular mentality that says, “Get the ring and let my attractiveness do its thing.” Moreover, if the relationships are working correctly, our death is the most painful thing our spouses and children will ever encounter. I’ve done my share of funerals. I’ve seen this up close and personal. So how can we say we love them by willfully speeding up the process toward a premature death simply due to physical neglect? Is it a loving act if our grandchildren live the majority of their lives without us because we chose an unhealthy lifestyle?

Randy Smith

In view of the witness of Scripture, therefore, we do not come closer to solving the problem of evil by diminishing God’s active and purposeful involvement in any sphere of life. To remove God's sovereignty from the realm of evil before it occurs forces us to conceive of God either as playing 'catch-up,' by redeeming evil only after we have carried it out (after all, in this view, to intervene sooner would jeopardize our free will), or as standing on the sidelines, sympathetic in our struggles but unable to help. Apart from God's sovereignty, God's love in the midst of suffering is downsized to an emotional response of 'caring.'

Scott Hafemann

We Love God!

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

Tutu’s Plain Old Shortbread Cookies

January 25, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		Cookies, Family	24	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/2	lb	Butter; softened
1/2	c	Confectioner's sugar
2	c	Flour
1/4	ts	Salt

INSTRUCTIONS

Cream butter well and add sugar. Beat until light and fluffy. Mix flour and
salt together and add slowly, combining thoroughly. Pat or roll out dough
about 1/4" thick into a 24" square. Cut into bars and place on ungreased
baking sheet. Prick with fork. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 - 25 minutes or
until lightly browned around the edges. Cool on rack.
Recipe by: Tutu
Posted to TNT - Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter  by
MarySpero@prodigy.com (MS MARY E SPERO) on 2 No, v 1997

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