The rich etymology of “discipline” suggests a conscious divestment of all encumbrances, and then a determined investment of all one’s energies. Just as ancient athletes discarded everything and competed gumnos (naked), so must the disciplined Christian man divest himself of every association, habit, and tendency which impedes godliness. Then, with this lean spiritual nakedness accomplished, he must invest all his energy and sweat in the pursuit of godliness.

Kent Hughes

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables	Vegetarian	Vegetables	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

3/4	lb	Leeks; very thinly sliced
		Butter

INSTRUCTIONS

Drop the thinly sliced leeks (tender green parts as well as white) into
1/2-inch fast-boiling salted water. Cook until very tender. Save the
cooking liquor. Whizz the leeks to a smooth, pale green puree. Season,
enrich with knobs of butter and thin with a little of the cooking liquor if
liked.  Serve garnished with a bouquet of green coriander and triangles of
fried bread.  Add some soft-boiled eggs for a quick vegetarian supper.
Source: Philippa Davenport in "Country Living" (British), November 1988.
Typed for you by Karen Mintzias
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

A Message from our Provider:

“Your life will have a purpose with the Saviour.”

The ultimate cause of all spiritual depression is unbelief. For if it were not for unbelief even the devil could do nothing. It is because we listen to the devil instead of listening to God that we go down before him and fall before his attacks. That is why this psalmist keeps on saying to himself: “Hope thou in God for I shall yet praise Him…” He reminds himself of God. Why? Because he was depressed and had forgotten God, so that his faith and his unbelief in God and in God’s power, and in his relationship to God, were not what they ought to be. We can indeed sum it all up by saying that the final and ultimate cause is just sheer unbelief.

Martyn Lloyd-Jones