Someone once said we are all brought to the same level at the foot of the cross. The cross pours contempt on our pride and screams to us that reconciliation with God was entirely the work of Jesus. The cross screams to us that God justifies all His children with the same infinite love. The cross screams to us that we are all adopted into the same spiritual family in the same way with the same privileges. The cross screams to us that the sins of disunity such as discord, hatred, bitterness, strife, divisiveness, malice, jealousy, envy, disgust, indifference, unforgiveness have all been shattered by the cross and are therefore unacceptable amongst God’s redeemed. The cross teaches us that the grace that saves us results in grace that transforms us to live more like Jesus Christ, the “Prince of Peace” Himself. And the cross teaches us to join Paul in his never-ending refrain of boasting only in the cross (Gal. 6:14). And with our eyes on the cross, we strike a deathblow to our pride which fuels our divisions.

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Meats, Grains	Lebanese	Lebanese, Main dish	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4	lg	Potatoes, boiled
2	tb	Butter
1/2	c	Milk
1	ts	Salt
1		Onion, chopped
1/2	lb	Lamb meat
1/4	c	Pine nuts
1	sm	Can mushrooms, chopped
1	ts	Salt
1	ts	Allspice
2	tb	Butter, cut in sm. pieces
		Bread crumbs

INSTRUCTIONS

FILLING
TOPPING
Mash potatoes with butter, salt, and milk. Prepare filling. Fry meat with
seasonings. Add onions. Add pine nuts and mushrooms. Fry well. Spread 1/2
of potato mixture in bottom of greased pan. Spread filling over. Cover with
remaining potatoes. Dot with butter. Sprinkle with bread crumbs. Bake at
250 degrees for 25 minutes. Cut in squares to serve.
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #187 by Julie Bertholf
<jewel1@ix.netcom.com> on Jul 19, 1997

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