God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
Confronting other believers in unrepentant sin is an obligation for all Christians (Mt. 18, Gal. 6, Jas. 5, many Proverbs), but it is not a mechanical obligation that should be approached in an impersonal matter. You are dealing with a living soul. Their heart is being held in your hands. You are a fellow sinner yourself. It’s not about winning a duel. It’s about bringing a person back to fellowship with the Lord, back to a place of safety. Like Paul in 2 Corinthians 7:8, we don’t regret the outcome of repentance and their restoration with the Lord, (that’s our goal!), but we do regret the momentary period of the sorrow we inflicted as we share Scriptures, expose sin and call to repentance. Any parent who has rightly disciplined their own child should know what I am talking about. Even though we know it’s the right thing to do, how often do we agree with the saying, “This is going to hurt me more than it hurts you.”
When we truly come to Christ, our thirst is quenched by the fountain of life and our hunger is filled with the bread of heaven. We discover that Jesus is the supreme source of satisfaction, and we want nothing apart from Him. We realize that He is better than all the pleasures, pursuits, plaudits, and possessions of this world combined. As we trust in Christ, He transforms our tastes in such a way that we begin to love the things of God that we once hated, and we begin to hate the things of this world that we once loved.
This dish is a showy, delicious breakfast dish, which impresses and pleases
my guests. I serve it with sausage balls, with a fresh fruit combination,
and with a pitcher of maple syrup on the side.
Place in a greased individual casserole one slice of French bread, sliced
one inch thick. Pour the mixture over the bread; turn and pour more, and
use all the mixture for one serving. (The liquid will pool up in the dish,
but will be soaked up by the bread as it cooks.) Place on top of the bread
a small amount of fruit, jam, or preserves. (I like fresh or frozen
blueberries or raspberry jam.)Bake for 40 minutes in a 350 degree oven. The
bread will swell and puff to almost double in size and height and will
lightly brown.JM. The timing is precise--and guests need to be on time!
Thanks to Kay Jones of Ridgetop Bed & Breakfast for sharing this recipe.
Posted to Bakery-Shoppe Digest V1 #481 by angstrom@juno.com (Angela L
Gilliland) on Dec 31, 1997
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“Beauty: an act of God”
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