Men are afraid to have good thoughts of God. They think it is a boldness to eye God as good, gracious, tender, kind, loving. I speak of saints. They can judge Him hard, austere, severe, almost implacable, and fierce (the very worst affections of the very worst of men, and most hated by God). Is not this soul-deceit from Satan? Was it not his design from the beginning to inject such thoughts of God? Assure yourself, then, there is nothing more acceptable to the Father than for us to keep up our hearts unto Him as the eternal fountain of all that rich grace which flows out to sinners in the blood of Jesus.

John Owen

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains, Dairy		Salads, Main dish	1	Recipe

INGREDIENTS

3	c	Cooked AM Pinto Beans drained
2	tb	Unrefined olive oil
1	sm	Onion; chopped
1		Green bell pepper; chopped
1		Tomato; chopped
2	ts	Chili powder
1/2	ts	Ground cumin
1/4	ts	Cayenne pepper (optional)
1/4	ts	Oregano
1/4	ts	Sea salt (optional)
1		Celery stalk; chopped finely
1/2	c	Sour cream or plain yogurt
1	ds	Tabasco sauce (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS

Soak beans overnight, then cook until tender.  Drain.  Combine all
ingredients together and mix well.  Serve with lettuce and corn chips.
Source: Arrowhead Mills "Variety Bean Recipes" tri-fold
Reprinted by permission of Arrowhead Mills, Inc.
Electronic format courtesy of: Karen Mintzias
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/am.zip

A Message from our Provider:

“What’s missing in the name ‘JES S’? U!”

You don’t have to be ascetic, and you don’t have to be afraid of the goodness of physical pleasure, to say that sexual intimacy and sexual climax get their final meaning from what they point to. They point to ecstasies that are unattainable and inconceivable in this life. Just as the heavens are telling the glory of God’s power and beauty, so sexual climax is telling the glory of immeasurable delights that we will have with Christ in the age to come. There will be no marriage there (Matt. 22:30). But what marriage meant will be there. And the pleasures of marriage, ten-to-the-millionth power, will be there.

John Piper