God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
Feelings of sorrow alone aren't necessarily conviction. We can be sorrowful for many reasons, including selfish ones. We can be sorry for the bad consequences of our sin, sorry we were caught, sorry we lost someone's respect. The kind of worldly grief can't begin to address the true offense of sin, and it can't begin to change us [see 2 Cor. 7:8-9]. Only godly grief brings repentance. And only repentance testifies to the surgical effect of God's truth applied to our sinful hearts.
We are so accustomed to equating holiness with purity or ethical perfection that we look for the idea when the word holy appears. When things are made holy, when they are consecrated, they are set apart unto purity. They are to be used in a pure way. They are to reflect purity as well as simple apartness. Purity is not excluded from the idea of the holy; it is contained within it. But the point we must remember is that the idea of the holy is never exhausted by the idea of purity. It includes purity but is much more than that. It is purity and transcendence. It is transcendent purity.
Line a nine inch square pan with foil; butter foil. For chocolate layer,
beat granulated sugar and 1/2 cup butter at high speed on mixer, until
light, about 2 minutes. Add 2 large eggs; mix well. Mix in 4 ounces melted
chocolate and 2 Tsp vanilla. After stopping mixer add 1/2 cup flour and
salt; mix just until flour disappears. Place mixture in prepared pan and
put in freezer while preparing next layer. (This keeps layers separate.)
Preheat oven to 325 F. For pecan layer, melt 1/4 cup butter in small pan.
Add brown sugar; cook over low heat until smooth. Stir in 2 TBs flour and
cook 30 seconds. Set aside to cool 10 to 15 minutes. Whisk 2 remaining eggs
in small bowl. Add 1 large spoonful of cooled brown sugar mixture; mix
well. Whisk constantly, add eggs to brown sugar mixture. Stir in pecans and
remaining 2 Tsp vanilla. Pour pecan layer over well-chilled chocolate
layer. Bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 45
minutes. Cool completely. For glaze, melt chopped chocolate with remaining
1/2 cup butter, whisk until smooth. Pour over cooled bars. Tip pan to allow
chocolate to cover bars. Refrigerate several hours before cutting into
squares for serving. Makes 50 squares.
Per square: Calories 140 Fat 11g Cholesterol 30 mg Sodium 10 mg Percent
calories from fat 71
Typos by Bobbie Beers
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #132 by BobbieB1@aol.com on May 12, 1997
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