God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
We cannot sit back and wait for the sheep to lead. A few will, but by and large they are looking to us for direction, feeding, and leadership by our stepping out courageously in faith.
It is commonly accepted among men today that the great danger is to get married too early. The thought of marriage is approached with fear and trepidation, with the threat of what the man will lose mainly in mind. But in the view of Genesis 2 – and in our experience in ministering to singles – the greater danger is what will happen to the man if he doesn’t marry. It is not good for a single man to develop selfish and otherwise sinful habits. It is not good for a man to grow older without the sanctifying influences of a wife and children. It is not good for a man to battle with sexual frustrations. (The same things might be said about a woman, too, but the Bible is specifically talking here about the man.) What is good for a man is to seek a relationship that will blossom into marriage – the sooner in adult life, the better (Richard and Sharon Phillips).
Preparation time: 1 1/2 hours Chilling time: 12 hours or more Cooking
time: 7 minutes
1. Put sugar, syrup, water, ginger, cinnamon and cloves into a large
saucepan. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture boils and sugar
dissolves. Remove from heat. Add butter. Stir until butter is melted and
mixture is no longer very hot.
2. Mix flour and baking soda. Gradually add flour mixture to butter
mixture and stir to blend thoroughly. Dough will have a soft texture. Place
dough in an airtight container and refrigerate overnight or at least 12
hours or as long as 1 week.
3. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Remove about one-sixth of the dough and knead
it until it is slightly softened. Roll dough directly onto ungreased cookie
sheets until it is about 1/4-inch thick. Use a cookie cutter to stamp
shapes in dough, allowing a 1-inch margin between each cookie. Remove
excess dough by lifting it and peeling it away. Scraps of dough can be
kneaded together and re-rolled.
4. Bake until golden brown, about 7 minutes. Allow cookies to cool
slightly and become crisp before removing them from the cookie sheet. Cool
thoroughly on wire racks. If desired, you may "paint" the cooled cookies
using a clean, small paintbrush and food coloring that has been watered
down slightly. Store cookies in airtight containers.
Note: After the 12-hour resting period, this cookie dough can be
hand-molded like clay--rolled, pinched, poked and pressed--and it will keep
its shape, expanding slightly while baking. Thin cookies will become brown
and bake quickly, large and thick shapes will require longer baking. Can be
cut into any shape desired but make the cookies uniformly thick. The
microwave oven can be used to cook the sugar mixture in step 1.
Judith Taylor, Highland Park from the Chicago Tribune sixth annual Food
Guide Holiday Cookie Contest December 2, 1993
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #339
From: Linda Place <placel@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 04:11:40 +0000
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