God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
It is better to fail in an attempt to exercise faith than to let it lie dormant and fruitless. God never belittles those who attempt to follow Him, but He does chasten those who refuse to attempt anything for Him.
It is natural...for us to trust in ourselves. It is so natural, and so confirmed by the habits of a lifetime, that no ordinary difficulties or perplexities avail to break us of it. It takes all God can do to root up our self-confidence. He must reduce us to despair; He must bring us to such an extremity that the one voice we have in our hearts, the one voice that cries to us wherever we look round for help, is death, death, death. It is out of this despair that the superhuman hope is born. It is out of this abject helplessness that the soul learns to look up with new trust to God… How do most of us attain to any faith in Providence? Is it not by proving, through numberless experiments, that it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps? Is it not by coming, again and again, to the limit of our resources, and being compelled to feel that unless there is a wisdom and a love at work on our behalf, immeasurably wiser and more benign than our own, life is a moral chaos?... Only desperation opens our eyes to God’s love.
In medium-size bowl, make dressing by combining sour cream, mayonnaise,
mustard, vinegar, sugar, salt, and pepper. Add remaining ingredients and
toss to blend. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour. Stokley Van Camp Best
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Posted to MM-Recipes Digest by "Robert Ellis" <rpearson@snowcrest.net> on
May 16, 1998
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