The kind of meditation encouraged in the Bible differs from other kinds of meditation in several ways. While some advocate a kind of meditation in which you do your best to empty your mind, Christian meditation involves filling your mind with God and truth. For some, meditation is an attempt to achieve complete mental passivity, but biblical meditation requires constructive mental activity. Worldly meditation employs visualization techniques intended to “create your own reality.” And while Christian history has always had a place for the sanctified use of our God-given imagination in meditation, imagination is our servant to help us meditate on things that are true (Philippians 4:8). Furthermore, instead of “creating our own reality” through visualization, we link meditation with prayer to God and responsible, Spirit-filled human action to effect changes.

Donald S. Whitney

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy	Jewish		1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	ts	Butter
1 1/2	c	Sugar
1/2	c	Milk
1 1/2	oz	Bittersweet chocolate (melted)

INSTRUCTIONS

source: Second Helpings Please
Melt butter in saucepan. Add the sugar and milk. Heat to boiling, stirring
constantly. Blend in chocolate. Boil without stirring, until mixture spins
a soft ball when dropped in cold water. (234*) . Cool and beat until
spreading consistancy. If too stiff, melt over hot water.
Posted to JEWISH-FOOD digest V97 #009
From: alotzkar@direct.ca (Al)
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 18:08:58 -0800

A Message from our Provider:

“Though our feelings come and go, God’s love for us does not. #C.S. Lewis”

Social networking...has the potential to foster shallow relationships and detract from real ones. Instead of enhancing deep friendships, it tends to flatten out and impersonalize the dynamics of human interaction... [It] gives the illusion of knowing everyone, and yet the reality is that oftentimes no one is truly known. It creates an environment where selfish, one-sided relationships seem to flourish, and where communication is largely unidirectional, made up of sound bites instead of deep interaction. Moreover, it often distracts people from existing relationships. Instead of pouring themselves into the real-life friendships they currently have, people now spend hours with pseudo-friends online.

John MacArthur