God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
Our self-abnegation is thus not for our own sake but for the sake of others. And thus it is not to mere self-denial that Christ calls us but specifically to self-sacrifice, not to unselfing ourselves but to unselfishing ourselves. Self-denial for its own sake is in its very nature ascetic, monkish. It concentrates our whole attention on self—self-knowledge, self-control - and can therefore eventuate in nothing other than the very apotheosis of selfishness. At best it succeeds only in subjecting the outer self to the inner self or the lower self to the higher self, and only the more surely falls into the slough of self-seeking, that it partially conceals the selfishness of its goal by refining its ideal of self and excluding its grosser and more outward elements. Self-denial, then, drives to the cloister, narrows and contracts the soul, murders within us all innocent desires, dries up all the springs of sympathy, and nurses and coddles our self-importance until we grow so great in our own esteem as to be careless of the trials and sufferings, the joys and aspirations, the strivings and failures and successes of our fellow-men. Self-denial, thus understood, will make us cold, hard, unsympathetic—proud, arrogant, self-esteeming—fanatical, overbearing, cruel. It may make monks and Stoics, it cannot make Christians.
God’s people across the covenants are to be known by their holiness, being set apart for God. In the Old Testament this was particularly marked by their distinct ethnicity, their distinct dress, and their distinct food. Under the covenant of the New Testament, however, holiness is not marked off by the food we eat, but by the lives we live in distinction from the world around us.
Heat oven to 350°. In large mixer bowl combine sugar, butter, buttermilk,
eggs and vanilla. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy
(1-2 minutes). Add bananas; continue beating until well mixed (1 minute).
Add flour, baking soda and salt. Beat at low speed until moistened (1-2
minutes). By hand, stir in blueberries. Spoon into paper-lined muffin cups.
Bake for 25-30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out
clean. Remove from pan. Cool. Just before serving, sprinkle tops of cakes
with powdered sugar. Yields 20 snack cakes.
NOTE: 1 teaspoon lemon juice or vinegar plus enough milk to equal 1/4 cup
can be substituted for the 1/4 cup buttermilk.
LAND O LAKES BUTTER RECIPE
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