God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
God is our all-sufficient Creator and Provider. In the first of the Ten Commandments He says, “You shall have no other gods before Me” (Ex. 20:3). Yet with addictions, we are revealing the fact that our hearts are bowing down to something we believe God cannot provide. The alcohol and drugs are not the essence of the issue. The problem is a heart that worships other gods. Maybe it’s the god of pleasure or the god of love or the god of acceptance or the god of peace or the god of control. You see, the problem is not outside of us. It’s not ultimately at the liquor store or on the Internet. The problem is within us and the booze and pornography are only satisfiers of deeper idols within our hearts. The problem is not the idolatrous substance. The problem is a passion in our heart that is wrongly satisfied with a false god (Concept adapted from Ed Welch, Addictions, p. 49).
Preheat oven to 350~. Grease and flour 3, 8 inch cake pans. In large bowl,
combine flour, sugar, margarine, buttermilk, cocoa, baking soda, vanilla,
salt and eggs. With mixer on low, beat just until mixed, scraping sides
with spatula. Add coffee to bowl. Increase speed to medium; beat 2 minutes.
Pour batter into pans. Bake 25-30 minutes. Cool cake in pans on racks, 10
minutes. Remove from pans and cool completely. While cake is cooling, chop
Heath bars.
Reserve 2/3 of the heath bar. In a cup, dissolve 1/2 tsp instant coffee
with 1 tsp hot water. Cool. With serrated knife, cut each cake in two,
making 6 thin layers. In a bowl, beat whipping cream, brown sugar and
cooled 1 tsp of coffee until stiff peaks form. To assemble cake, place 1
layer on plate; spread with 1/2 cup whipped cream. Sprinkle with 1/5 of the
remaining Heath bar. Repeat layers 4 more times. Top with last layer of
cake. Thinly spread whipped cream over top and sides of cake. Gently press
reserved 2/3 of the Heaths onto top and sides of cake. Refrigerate until
ready to serve.
Posted to recipelu-digest by library@mastercook.com (MasterCook Recipe
Library) on Feb 3, 1998
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