God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
Using the perspective of idolatry, addicts are blinded by their own desire. They refuse to see themselves as dependent on God. God’s glory and fame is not their goal. In their self-addiction or selfishness, they worship and bow down before false gods. Addicts have defected from the living God. Instead of worshipping in the temple of the Lord, they perform addictive rituals that give them more perceived power, pleasure, or identity. They see in their addiction a form of magic (Deut. 18:10-14). The promises of the idol, however, are lies. Any identity, power, or peace they bring is false and temporary. There are only two choices: putting your faith in a loving God and thus knowing freedom, or putting your faith in idols (Satan) and being enslaved. Curiously, our selfish pride prefers slavery.
How many millions of sins in every one of the elect, every one of which is enough to condemn them all, hath this love overcome! What mountains of unbelief doth it remove! Look upon the conduct of any one saint, consider the frame of his heart, see the many stains and spots, the defilements and infirmities with which his life is contaminated, and tell me whether the love that bears with all this is not to be admired. And is not the same towards thousands every day? What streams of grace, purging, pardoning, quickening, assisting, do flow from it every day! This is our Beloved.
MOCHA GLAZE
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add egg, chocolate and vanilla;
mix well. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix
well. Cover and chill for 1 hour or until firm. Divide dough into fourths;
form each portion into a 6-in log. Divide each log into 12 pieces; roll
each piece into a 9-in rope. Place ropes on greased baking sheets; form
into pretzel shapes and space 2 in apart. Bake at 400F for 5-7 minutes or
until firm. Cool 1 minute before removing to wire racks. For glaze, heat
the chocolate chips, corn syrup and shortening in a small saucepan over low
heat until melted. Stir in sugar and enough coffee to make a smooth glaze.
Dip pretzels; place on waxed paper or wire racks to harden. Drizzle with
white chocolate; let stand until chocolate is completely set. Store in an
airtight container.
YIELD: 4 dozen
Recipe by: Priscilla Anderson (ToH Annual 98)
Posted to EAT-L Digest by "D'ArchAngel aka. Sean Coate"
<d_archangel@MINDSPRING.COM> on Apr 5, 1998
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“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. #Desmond Tutu”
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