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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

We are trusted to spread the spirit of love. Tenderness in judgment, the habit of thinking the best of one another, unwillingness to believe evil, grief if we are forced to do so, eagerness to believe good, joy over one recovered from any slip or fall, unselfish gladness in another’s joys, sorrow in another’s sorrow, readiness to do anything to help another entirely irrespective of self – all this and much more is included in that wonderful word love. If love weakens among us, if it ever becomes possible to tolerate the least shadow of an unloving thought, our Fellowship will begin to perish. Unlove is deadly. It is a cancer. It may kill slowly but it always kills in the end. Let us fear it, fear to give room to it as we should fear to nurse a cobra. It is deadlier than any cobra. And just as one minute drop of the almost invisible cobra venom spreads swiftly all over the body of one into whom it has been injected, so one drop of the gall of unlove in my heart or yours, however unseen, has a terrible power of spreading all through our Family, for we are one body – we are parts of one another. If one member suffers loss, all suffer loss. Not one of us liveth to herself.

Amy Carmichael

Wrong ways to deal with guilt: 1. Deny that you are really guilty – “To stop feeling guilty, I need to throw off those antiquated standards [found in the Bible] and live by my own.” [Yet] what happens when you try to live by your own standards and you fail to keep even them? You are right back where you started. 2. Try to be a better person – Stop doing the behavior that is bothering your guilty conscience. [Yet] Most of us are not able to keep our [our resolutions] and our guilty feelings return. 3. Compare yourself to others – We…decide we don’t need to feel guilty as long as we can find someone who is acting worse than we are. [Yet] putting someone else down might give us momentary pleasure, but it doesn’t get rid of the nagging feeling that we haven’t measured up. [And when we realize our sin in doing this, it] just adds to our burden of guilt.

Timothy Lane

We Love God!

God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Tortellini In Broth With Arugula (mf)

January 30, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Dairy		Dishes, Pasta	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4	c	Chicken stock or broth
9 1/2	oz	Mushroom or cheese-filled
		tortellini
1		Arugula leaves, rinsed and
		dried
		Freshly grated Parmesan
		cheese

INSTRUCTIONS

In a large saucepan set over moderate heat bring the broth to a  simmer
and simmer 3 minutes.  In a pot of boiling salted water cook the
tortellini for 7 to 8  minutes, or until al dente. Add to the broth
along with arugula and  simmer, stirring, 1 to 2 minutes more. Sprinkle
with Parmesan.  Yield: 4 servings  Copyright, 1997, TV FOOD NETWORK,
G.P., All Rights Reserved  Recipe by: PASTA MONDAY TO FRIDAY SHOW
#PS6527  Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #483 by 4paws@netrax.net
(Shermeyer-Gail) on Feb 12, 1997.

A Message from our Provider:

“God is in control, and therefore in everything I can give thanks – not because of the situation but because of the One who directs and rules over it. #Kay Arthur”

Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 721 Calories From Fat: 284 Total Fat: 32.1g Cholesterol: 161.8mg Sodium: 1793.4mg Potassium: 111.6mg Carbohydrates: 54.4g Fiber: 3g Sugar: <1g Protein: 51.7g