We Love God!

God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

It appears singular to the reader of St. Paul's Epistles that the apostle in one passage speaks of Christians as perfect, and in another as imperfect. At one time, he describes them in terms that would lead us to infer that they are holy as God is holy; and at another, he speaks of them as full of sin and corruption. In the text, he denominates them “the elect of God, holy and beloved,” and yet immediately proceeds to exhort them to the possession and practice of the most common Christian graces – such as humility and forgiveness. In a preceding paragraph, he tells the Colossians that they “are dead to sin, and their life is hid with Christ in God,” and then goes on to urge them to overcome some of the most gross sins in the whole catalogue – “mortify, therefore, your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry” (Col. 3:3-5).

William Shedd

What irony that sinners consider the greatest problem they face in this world to be the problem of pain. The ultimate insult against God is that man thinks he has a problem of pain. Man, who deserves to be plunged into hell at this moment, and is indescribably fortunate that he is breathing normally, complains about unhappiness. Instead of falling on his knees in the profoundest possible gratitude that God holds back His wrath and infinite fury, the sinner shakes his fist in heaven’s face and complains against what he calls “pain.” When he receives his due, he will look back on his present condition as paradisiacal. What he now calls misery, he will then consider exquisite pleasure. The most severe torment anyone has ever known in this life will seem like heaven in comparison with one moment of the full fury of the divine Being.

John Gerstner

We Love God!

God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Baked Acorn Squash

January 27, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
			100	Servings

INGREDIENTS

		TEMPERATURE: 350 F. OVEN
		MINUTES OR UNTIL TENDER.

INSTRUCTIONS

USE ACORN SQUASH; CUT IN HALF; REMOVE SEEDS. PLACE SQUASH OPEN SIDE
UP, ON SHEET PANS (18 BY 26 INCH). SPRINKLE SALT OVER SQUASH. COMBINE
CINNAMON, BROWN SUGAR, MELTED BUTTER OR MARGARINE AND WATER; MIX  WELL.
PLACE ABOUT 2 TSP MIXTURE IN CAVITY OF EACH SQUASH HALF. ADD 3  CUPS
WATER TO EACH PAN. BAKE AT 400 F.  NOTE:  OTHER SIZES AND TYPES OF PANS
MAY BE USED (SEE RECIPE NO.  A02500).  Recipe Number: Q06101  SERVING
SIZE: 100  From the <Army Master Recipe Index File> (actually used
today!).  Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive,
http://www.erols.com/hosey.

A Message from our Provider:

“I committed my life to Christ because I believed He was true and real and I had no idea what He was going to do with a mess like me.”