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Paul wrote in 1 Thessalonians 4:3 that “this is the will of God, your sanctification.” Parenting is profoundly sanctifying. When we were first married, the new relationship revealed rooms of selfishness in our lives – and within those rooms doors to other rooms, and in those rooms yet other doors and closets. The revelation was the beginning of an ongoing, lifelong housecleaning and the addition of children truly deepened the process. The inconvenience of parenting – the self-giving, the prayer, the dependence upon God, the growth – can be an experience of sanctification like no other… The discipline of parenting can be the road to an enlarged soul and the path to unimagined heights of spiritual development. That’s the way God planned it (Kent and Barbara Hughes).

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We live in a world where truth is relative. According to most, there is no absolute standard to determine right from wrong because truth is ever-changing and subjectively suited to personal opinions and popular culture. Most want to believe this because at our core we want to be autonomous without any accountability and restraints. We want to be God. We want to be the sole arbitrator to determine right from wrong. So to bolster support for this driving tendency, many have used the Word of God for their justification. They have erroneously taken Jesus’ words in Matthew 7 not to judge as their shield for critique-free sinful behavior. It’s funny how they use our Lord’s words as a reason not to submit to the rest of our Lord’s words found elsewhere in the Bible! However, such a position is contradictory to the inherent understanding of societal function and clearly a false interpretation of what Jesus intended.

Randy Smith

We Love God!

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

Apple Fritters

January 22, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Eggs			1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Flour
2	tb	Sugar
1/2	c	Milk
1 1/2	ts	Baking powder
1/2	ts	Salt
1		Egg
5		Apples (up to 6)
		Icing sugar or syrup

INSTRUCTIONS

Make a batter by combining the flour, sugar, milk, baking powder, salt and
egg. Core and peel the apples, then slice them and put them into the
batter. Drop them by spoonfuls into 1 inch of fat or oil in a frying pan.
Test the apples with a fork - they are done when soft. Drain them on paper
towels or in a colander. Sprinkle the fritters with icing sugar or eat them
with syrup. This recipe makes about 4 skillets full.
Recipe by: Amish Cooking, Herald Press, ISBN 0-8361-3600-4
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #826 by 4paws@netrax.net (Shermeyer-Gail) on
Oct 04, 1997

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