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Creation, as done often in Scripture, is personified as always responding rightly to God. Verse 13 and 28 of Psalm 104 talk about creation being satisfied, creation obeying God (verse 19) and creation waiting on God (verse 27). Verse 32, “He looks at the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smoke.” This speaks of a reverent response from creation simply due to a look or touch from its Creator. Obviously, creation does not think for itself, but the point is that God has hardwired creation to bring Him glory. And that not only shines light on God’s glory but is also casts shame on the human race. Reason being is because we have been created above the rest of creation with the ability to think for ourselves and for the distinct purpose of glorifying God. And while inanimate creation is satisfied with God, obeys God, waits on God and respects God, quite often humans, who should be first in line for the aforementioned do exactly the opposite (cf. Gen. 6:6).

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Sometimes when we pour out our desires to God, He appears to be indifferent. When the apostle Paul earnestly petitioned God for the removal of his thorn in the flesh, the request was not granted. However, in not giving this desire of Paul’s heart, God gave him his deeper desire. Certainly Paul’s greatest desire was to know God’s grace and power in order to be the most useful servant he could possibly be. God withheld the request in order to give Paul his deepest desire and thus glorify Himself (2 Corinthians 12:7-10).

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We Love God!

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

Blackberry-blueberry Skillet Jam

January 27, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Fruits		Cooking liv, Import	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	c	Blackberries, crushed
2	c	Blueberries, crushed
2	T	Powdered fruit pectin
1/2	t	Margarine or butter
3/4	c	Sugar

INSTRUCTIONS

In a bowl, press half of crushed blackberries through medium mesh
sieve to remove seeds. Discard seeds. In 12-inch skillet, stir
together blueberries, sieved and crushed blackberries, pectin and
margarine or butter. Heat over medium-high heat, stirring constantly,
until mixture boils. Stir in sugar; heat to boiling. Boil 1 minute;
remove skillet from heat. Pour jam into two 1/2-pint jars with tight
fitting lids. Cover and refrigerate until jam is set, about 6 hours.
Keep jam refrigerated and use within 3 weeks.  Yield: 2 cups  Recipe
by: Cooking Live Show #CL8957  Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #790 by
"Angele and Jon Freeman"  <jfreeman@netusa1.net> on Sep 19, 1997

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 956 Calories From Fat: 36 Total Fat: 4.1g Cholesterol: <1mg Sodium: 22.3mg Potassium: 649.6mg Carbohydrates: 239.3g Fiber: 22.1g Sugar: 210.8g Protein: 5.7g