God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
Practical features of the expression of God’s love:
1. Love is not defined by the act, but by the character of God within the act.
2. Love precludes hypocrisy and play-acting.
3. Love is unselfish; not based on self-need or want.
4. Love is not conditioned on reciprocity or calculation of repayment.
5. Love doesn’t care who gets the credit.
6. Love is active; not merely passive or theoretical; love doesn’t loiter.
7. Love believes, trusts and expects God to overcome all things.
8. Love is directed toward people; not things, ideas, doctrines, principles.
9. Love of neighbor desires them to have everything you have, and more.
10. Love precludes resentment, covetousness, and judging another.
11. Love seeks to commend, not condemn.
12. Love is not conditioned on the lovability or action of the recipient.
13. Love is not fickle; it is unchanging and limitless.
14. Love precludes despair at the loss or absence of the person loved.
15. Love precludes favoritism and aversion.
16. Love does not engage in comparison.
17. Love is not possessive, seeking to own or control another person.
18. Love does not find its identity or life in the one loved.
19. Love is the antidote to fear and paranoia – I Jn. 4:18.
20. Love seeks the highest good of the other, with no thought of benefit to oneself.
21. Love involves self-denial, self-renunciation, personal sacrifice, humility.
22. Love is willing to suffer slights, hurts, abuse.
23. Love builds others up, nurtures, edifies; it is constructive, not destructive.
24. Love seeks to avoid grieving or offending another – Rom. 13:10; 14:15.
25. Love of one’s enemy removes his relation of power – Matt. 5:40.
26. Love precludes partiality, preference, distinction, exclusivism; it is universal and equal.
27. Love does not take the situation into one's hand to resolve the problem.
28. Love does not preclude confrontation, opposition and discipline – Heb. 12:6; it is not always capitulatory or soft (“tough love”); cf. Matt. 10:34; Lk. 12:49.
29. Love cannot be coerced or obliged by law or moral principle and program.
30. Love is not retaliatory – Rom. 12:17; it turns the other cheek – Matt. 5:39.
31. Love does not dictate performance standards or expectations to others.
32. Love prompts one to take the initiative to be the first to act – Matt. 7:12.
33. Love dissolves the emotional blocks which keep us from sensitivity to others.
34. Love does not demand its personal rights.
35. Love excludes suspicion and mistrust.
36. Love allows one to be free to be man as God intended man to be.
James Fowler
Dilly Parmesan Bread
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CATEGORY
CUISINE
TAG
YIELD
Dairy
New Jersey
Breads, Taste of ho
1
Servings
INGREDIENTS
2
pk
Active dry yeast
2
c
Warm water(110 to 115 degrees)
4
c
All-purpose flour (4-4 1/2 cups)
1/2
c
Parmesan cheese, grated
2
tb
Sugar
2
tb
Dill weed
2
tb
Butter or margarine, softened
2
ts
Salt
2
tb
Parmesan cheese, grated
1
ts
Butter or margarine, melted
INSTRUCTIONS
TOPPING
In a mixing bowl, dissolve yeast in water. Add 3 cups of flour, Parmesan
cheese, sugar , dill , butter, and salt; beat until smooth, about 2
minutes. Gradually beat in remaining flour (do not knead). Place in a
greased bowl; turn once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place
until doubled, about 45 minutes. Stir batter down and beat 25 strokes with
a spoon. Place in a greased 9-in. springform pan (do not allow to rise).
Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Bake at 375 degrees for 55-60 minutes or
until golden brown. Brush with butter. Remove from pan and cool on a wire
rack. Yield: 1 loaf.
NOTES : Submitted by Marian Bell, Cedar Grove, New Jersey Recipe by: Taste
of Home, June/July, 1997 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #658 by
NGavlak@aol.com on Jul 6, 1997
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