The ultimate cause of all spiritual depression is unbelief. For if it were not for unbelief even the devil could do nothing. It is because we listen to the devil instead of listening to God that we go down before him and fall before his attacks. That is why this psalmist keeps on saying to himself: “Hope thou in God for I shall yet praise Him…” He reminds himself of God. Why? Because he was depressed and had forgotten God, so that his faith and his unbelief in God and in God’s power, and in his relationship to God, were not what they ought to be. We can indeed sum it all up by saying that the final and ultimate cause is just sheer unbelief.

Martyn Lloyd-Jones

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Vegetables, Dairy			6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	c	Bisquick® baking mix
1		Egg
2	tb	Vegetable oil
2		Very ripe medium bananas; mashed
1/4	c	Pecans; finely ground
1	c	Milk, more or less

INSTRUCTIONS

Mix together and cook in hot waffle iron.
Posted to EAT-L Digest 29 Aug 96
Date:    Fri, 30 Aug 1996 08:59:02 -0700
From:    Jennifer Wendel <jwendel@REDSHIFT.COM>

A Message from our Provider:

“God wants to be your best friend”

The answer is simple: for myself, I do not believe that it is appropriate that I spend my time defending my name. My name is nothing – who really cares about it? And I am not called to waste precious hours and energy in fighting off every person with a laptop who wants to have a pop at me. As a Christian, I am not meant to engage in self-justification any more than self-promotion; I am called rather to defend the name of Christ; and, to be honest, I have yet to see a criticism of me, true or untrue, to which I could justifiably respond on the grounds that it was Christ’s honour, and not simply my ego, which was being damaged. I am called to spend my time in being a husband, a father, a minister in my denomination, a member of my church, a good friend to those around me, and a conscientious employee. These things, these people, these locations and contexts, are to shape my priorities and my allocation of time. Hitting back in anger at those who, justly or unjustly, do not like me and for some reason think the world needs to know what they think of me is no part of my God-given vocation. God will look after my reputation if needs be; He has given me other work to do.

Carl Trueman