God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
There is a vast difference between such an affection and that selfish and unhallowed friendship to God which terminates on our own happiness as its supreme motive and end. If a man in his supposed love to God has no ultimate regard except to his own happiness, if he delights in God not for what He is but for what He is to him, in such a sentiment there is no moral virtue. There is indeed great love of self but no true love of God. But where the enmity of the carnal mind is slain, the soul is reconciled to the divine character as it is. God Himself in the fullness of His manifested glory becomes the object of devout and delighted contemplation. In his more favored hours, the views of a good man are in a great measure diverted from himself. As his thoughts glance toward the varied excellence of the deity, he scarcely stops to inquire whether the being whose character fills his mind and in comparison of whose dignity and beauty all things are atoms and vanity will extend his mercy to him. His soul cleaves to God and in the warmth and fervor of devout affection, he can often say, “Whom have I in heaven but Thee, and there is none on the earth that I desire beside Thee, as the hart pants after the waterbrooks, so pants my soul after Thee, O God.”
The paradox between divine sovereignty and human responsibility. This is an apparent paradox – not a true paradox, but an apparent paradox – which faith accepts while reason rejects. Faith accepts, because faith acknowledges that we don't have all the information, but we trust God. Faith accepts this. Reason rejects it, and that's because reason is finite.
Preheat oven to 190C/375F/Gas Mark 5.
Grease a 12 by 7 inch baking tin.
Place apples and orange juice in a pan. Cover and cook over a low heat for
10-12 minutes until soft. Mash to Form a puree.
In a bowl, beat sugar and butter until light and creamy. Beat in egg and
apple puree. sift in flour, bicarbonate of soda, salt, baking powder and
cinnamon. Fold in the chopped dates and walnuts.
Pour cake mixture into prepared tin and bake in preheated oven for 40
minutes until risen and form to the touch.
Allow to cool and cut into 12 squares.
Source: CHAT Magazine
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