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

I’d like to propose that God’s love is much different and better than unconditional. Unconditional love, as most of us understand it, begins and ends with sympathy and empathy, with blanket acceptance. It accepts you as you are with no expectations. You in turn can take it or leave it. But think about what God’s love for you is like. God does not calmly gaze on you in benign affirmation. God cares too much to be unconditional in His love… Such real love is hard to do. It is so different from “You’re okay in my eyes. I accept you just because you’re you, just as I accept everybody. I won’t judge you or impose my values on you.” Unconditional love feels safe, but the problem is that there is no power to it. When we ascribe unconditional love to God, we substitute a teddy bear for the king of the universe… The word “unconditional” may be an acceptable way to express God’s welcome, but it fails to communicate its purpose: a comprehensive and lifelong rehabilitation, learning “the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.”

David Powlison

We Love God!

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

Chili Modern

January 25, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Grains	Dutch	Meats, Main dish	8	1/2 cups

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2	lb	Lean ground beef
1	c	Chopped onion
2	x	14 oz. canned kidney beans, with liquid
1 1/2	c	Frozen kernel corn
4	oz	Canned chopped green chilies with liquid
2	ts	Chili powder
1/4	ts	Garlic powder
1/2	ts	Salt
1/8	ts	Pepper
1 1/2	c	Medium salsa

INSTRUCTIONS

Scramble-fry ground beef and onion in large pot or Dutch oven until
onion is soft and beef is no longer pink. Drain.
Add remaining 8 ingredients.  Heat, stirring occasionally, until
boiling. Simmer for 10 to 15 minutes.  Makes 8 1/2 cups  Typed in
MMFormat by cjhartlin@email.msn.com Source: Company's Coming
Millennium Edition
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest  by "Cindy Hartlin"
<cjhartlin@email.msn.com> on Sep 18, 1999

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