Though still set apart, retaining all His holiness and deity, God in His infinite wisdom became a man that first Christmas morning and chose to dwell intimately and personally amongst His creation. The God who created stars larger than our earth’s orbit and ten million times brighter than our sun, created the womb where He would grow and the manger where He would lay. The God who dwelt in perfect glory through eternity past would be wrapped in swaddling cloths to share space with barnyard animals. The God who deserved every right to born in a palace to royal people, humbled Himself and chose Bethlehem and a poor betrothed teenage couple named Mary and Joseph. Most humiliating was the fact that God, though without sin, took on human flesh with all its weaknesses and problems and chose to dwell among sinners.

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
	Portuguese		1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	lb	Fresh kale
4		Medium-sized potatoes, peeled
8	c	Water
1/4	c	Olive oil
		Salt, pepper to taste
1/4	lb	Smoked garlic sausage, cooked and sliced in 1/4-inch rounds

INSTRUCTIONS

Wash kale and cut off stems. Slice into shreds as thin as possible. Put
potatoes, water, oil, salt, and pepper into a large saucepan and bring to a
boil. Reduce heat and cook slowly, covered, about 25 minutes, or until
potatoes are tender. Remove from stove and put mixture through a sieve or
puree it. Return to saucepan; add kale strips. Continue cooking about 15
minutes longer, until kale is tender. Serve with sausage place on top of
soup. Serves 6.
This recipe comes from THE COMPLETE INTERNATIONAL SOUP COOKBOOK by Kay Shaw
Nelson (Stein and Day, 1980).
Posted to Kitmailbox Digest  by "Joanne L. Schweikj"
<SCHWEIKJ@fredonia.edu> on Apr 2, 199

A Message from our Provider:

“Don’t let your worries get the best of you. Remember, Moses started out as a basket case”

Those who are pleasing to God testify with the penitent tax-collector in the Temple: “God, be merciful to me, the sinner!” (Luke 18:13). Augustine pleaded, “Lord, save me from that wicked man, myself.” John Knox, perhaps the greatest preacher in the history of Scotland, confessed, “In youth, in middle age and now after many battles, I find nothing in me but corruption.” John Wesley wrote, “I am fallen short of the glory of God, my whole heart is altogether corrupt and abominable, and consequently my whole life being an evil tree cannot bring forth good fruit.” His brother Charles, who penned so many great hymns, confessed, “Vile and full of sin I am.” Augustus Toplady, who wrote the beloved hymn “Rock of Ages,” said of himself, “Oh, that such a wretch as I should ever be tempted to think highly of himself. I am myself nothing but sin and weakness, in whose flesh naturally dwells no good thing.”

John MacArthur