God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
As holiness is the beauty of all God’s attributes, so power is that which gives life and action to all the perfections of the Divine nature. How vain would be the eternal counsels, if power did not step in to execute them. Without power His mercy would be but feeble pity, His promises an empty sound, His threatenings a mere scarecrow. God’s power is like Himself: infinite, eternal, incomprehensible; it can neither be checked, restrained, nor frustrated by the creature.
How do you fight the pleasure of sin? I’ll tell you: with another pleasure. Holiness is not attained, at least not in any lasting, life-changing way, merely through prohibitions, threats, fear, or shame-based appeals. Holiness is attained by believing in, trusting, banking on, resting in, savoring, and cherishing God’s promise of a superior happiness that comes only by falling in love with Jesus. The power that the pleasures of sin exert on the human soul will ultimately be overcome only by the superior power of the pleasures of knowing and being known, loving and being loved by God in Christ.
FILLING
COCONUT CRUMB TOPPING
Combine sugar and cornstarch in saucepan.Add cherries and liqueur.
Cook and stir over low heat until mixture thickens.Spoon into baked pie
shell.Make topping:combine flour and sugar and cut in butter with pastry
cutter,until texture of coarse meal. Stir in coconut.Sprinkle top of pie to
within 2" of center.Bake @ 375 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes or until
coconut is toasted. Serves 8.
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