In the darkest night of the soul, Christians have something to hold onto that Job never knew – we know Christ crucified. Christians have learned that when there seems to be no other evidence of God’s love, they cannot escape the cross. “He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all – how will He not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things?” (Rom. 8:32)… When we suffer there will sometimes be mystery. Will there also be faith? Yes. If our attention is focused more on the cross and on the God of the cross than on the suffering itself.

D.A. Carson

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Grains, Dairy		Breads	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/3	c	Butter or margarine, softened
3/4	c	Sugar
1		Egg
1	c	Mashed banana
2	c	All purpose flour
2 1/2	ts	Baking powder
1/4	ts	Baking soda
1/2	ts	Salt
1	c	Chopped pecans (or walnuts)
1/2	c	Chocolate chips (or more if desired
1/2	c	Buttermilk

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 350F.  Cream butter and sugar.  Mix in egg and banana. Stir
together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nuts and chocolate chips.
Add this mixture to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Stir until
just blended.  Pour batter into a greased and floured loaf pan (9x5x3
inches).  Bake for 65 minutes, or until bread tests done. Cool in pan for
about 5 minutes, then turn out on a wire rack. Makes 1 loaf. Source:
"Muffins, Nut Breads and More"
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

A Message from our Provider:

“Where love is, God is. #Henry Drummond”

But every last drop of poison is poison; every spark of fire is fire; and the last bit of flesh that remains in the believer is still enmity. When God’s grace changes our nature, it doesn’t change the nature of the flesh. It conquers it, weakens it, mortally wounds it, so that we are no longer Captain Ahabs by nature; yet his defiant malice smolders in our flesh. By the time Paul wrote Romans, he must have been as Christlike as anyone can expect to be on this side of heaven, and he surely spend his days putting his flesh to death. Still he cried out for deliverance from this irreconcilable enemy (Rom. 7:24).

Kris Lundgaard