God is our all-sufficient Creator and Provider. In the first of the Ten Commandments He says, “You shall have no other gods before Me” (Ex. 20:3). Yet with addictions, we are revealing the fact that our hearts are bowing down to something we believe God cannot provide. The alcohol and drugs are not the essence of the issue. The problem is a heart that worships other gods. Maybe it’s the god of pleasure or the god of love or the god of acceptance or the god of peace or the god of control. You see, the problem is not outside of us. It’s not ultimately at the liquor store or on the Internet. The problem is within us and the booze and pornography are only satisfiers of deeper idols within our hearts. The problem is not the idolatrous substance. The problem is a passion in our heart that is wrongly satisfied with a false god (Concept adapted from Ed Welch, Addictions, p. 49).

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Dairy		Cakes, Friends	1	Cake

INGREDIENTS

6	lg	Eggs, separated
3	c	Sugar
1	c	Butter
3	c	Flour, plain
1/2	ts	Baking soda
		Sour cream (small carton)
1	ts	Vanilla extract
2	c	Pecans, chopped

INSTRUCTIONS

Grease tube pan; preheat oven to 325 degrees F.  Set two sticks of butter
aside to soften.  Separate eggs; beat whites till stiff and set aside.
Cut butter into sugar.  Add egg yolks and beat a little.
Measure flour; use a small amount to mix with nuts until they are
well-floured.  Mix soda into flour. Stir flour into butter/sugar/egg
mixture.  Add sour cream and vanilla. Can do all this with an electric
mixer, but now use a spoon to fold in egg whites.
Fold in nuts and bake approximately 1 1/2 hours until done.
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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