So, what’s so bad about complaining? One – it reveals a thankless heart. How much easier is it to complain about the two things we don’t have as compared to being grateful for the thousands of things we do have? How can we follow the commands to rejoice always (Phil. 4:4) and be thankful for all things (1 Thes. 5:18) if there is a mere morsel of complaining in our hearts? Two – complaining reveals greater sins. Why do we complain? Because we are jealous that someone has what we want. Because we are selfish that things are not going our way. Because we are discontent and unsatisfied in Christ’s sufficiency. And three – complaining distrusts the sovereignty of God. Complaining implies that God made a mistake; that He not ruling the world with perfect justice and wisdom and quite frankly, we could do a better job. That He’s personally unloving and unkind to us. Can we rightly accept the fact that God has a good plan for our lives, or do we complain in believing ours is better and thus cast doubt on our sovereign Creator?

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Grains		Cyberealm, Cookies	48	Cookies

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Light brown sugar, packed
1/2	c	Shortening
1		Egg
1	ts	Vanilla
1 1/2	c	Crushed pineapple, drained
2	c	Flour
1	ts	Baking soda
1/2	ts	Salt
3/4	c	Chopped walnuts
1/2	c	Raisins

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Mix shortening and sugar together; cream well. Add egg and vanilla.
2. In a separate bowl, mix all dry ingredients together. Add
alternately to shortening/sugar with the pineapple. (You may wish to
add a little more pineapple and flour to make the mixture stiffer).
3. Add nuts and raisins.
4. Drop onto lightly greased cookie sheet.
4. Bake at 375F for 12 minutes or until light brown.
Source: Shaughn Snyder, Cyberealm BBS Watertown, NY 1993
Typed for you by Linda Fields, Cyberealm BBS Watertown NY
315-785-8098 or 315-786-1120
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/mmcyber3.zip

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