Just because you come to Christ does not mean you will not experience suffering. Christians and non-Christians suffer with similar trials. The difference is not in the nature of the trial, but rather the way in which we respond to the trials. You see, the world needs things in their life to go well to stay happy. Therefore they are continually up and down based upon their circumstances. Christians however know that God is sovereign over the trials they experience. They know the trials are specifically customized to their lives sent from the wise and loving hands of God. They are not sent to rob us of our joy. They are sent to refine us and make us more like Christ. Therefore it is our responsibility to by God’s grace remain under the trials until they perform in us the work designated by God. Knowing and believing this, we can have deep joy even in the worst of times because we know God’s refining process is the best thing we can ask for for spiritual transformation, Christlikeness.

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats			2	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Unsalted;defatted chicken broth or water
1/2	c	Wild rice
1	c	Sliced mushrooms
2		Cloves garlic; finely minced
1	ts	Low-sodium soy sauce
1/4	ts	Ground black pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

Pour broth in saucepan and bring to a boil. Add remaining ingredients Stir
and reduce heat to low. Cover witha tight-fitting lid and cook for 40
minutes, or until rice is tender. If necessary, remove lid and increase
temperature to evaporate any excess liquid. Serves 2.
This is very good with chicken or with fish. Enjoy Alice
Posted to recipelu-digest by Alice Poe <afpoe@swbell.net> on Mar 18, 1998

A Message from our Provider:

“When God ordains, He sustains.”

The cross of Jesus displays the most awful exhibition of God’s hatred of sin and at the same time the most august manifestation of His readiness to pardon it. Pardon, full and free, is written out in every drop of blood that is seen, is proclaimed in every groan that is heard, and shines in the very prodigy of mercy that closes the solemn scene upon the cross. O blessed door of return, open and never shut, to the wanderer from God! How glorious, how free, how accessible! Here the sinful, the vile, the guilty, the unworthy, the poor, the penniless, may come. Here too the weary spirit may bring its burden, the broken spirit its sorrow, the guilty spirit its sin, the backsliding spirit its wandering. All are welcome here.

Octavius Winslow