God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
Bitterness starts out small. An offense burrows its way into our hearts. We replay it in our minds, creating deep ruts that will be hard to build back up. We retell our hurts to any available listener, including each sordid detail. We enlist support, pushing us further into our resentment. We hear the offending person's name and cringe. We decipher the offense as intentional and our offender as full of spite. We look for other reasons, both real or imagined, to dislike our villain. With each new piece of information, we form another layer of bitterness. We fool ourselves into thinking no one will know, but anger and resentment have a way of seeping into everything. Resentment is like a beach ball we try to submerge in the water. No matter how valiant our efforts, it pops up with all its vitality, splashing everyone around.
To love the soul is to really love. To pet and pamper and indulge your child, as if this world was all he had to look forward to, and this life the only period of happiness—to do this is not true love, but cruelty. It is treating him like some beast of the earth, which has only one world to look to, and nothing after death. It is hiding from him that grand truth, which he ought to be made to learn from his very infancy—that the number one goal of his life is the salvation of his soul.
Place the rice, raisins, onion, butter, stock cubes and water in a 2- to
3-quart saucepan. Bring to the boil, and stir once or twice. Reduce heat,
cover, and simmer 45 to 50 minutes, or until rice is tender and liquid is
absorbed. Remove from heat. Add almonds, season with salt and pepper, and
fluff with a fork.
Recipe By : Nathalie Dupree Cooks, TVFN
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #239
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 15:19:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: patH <phannema@wizard.ucr.edu>
A Message from our Provider:
“Let Him therefore send and do what He will. By His grace, if we are His, we will face it, bow to it, accept it, and give thanks for it. God’s Providence is always executed in the ‘wisest manner’ possible. We are often unable to see and understand the reasons and causes for specific events in our lives, in the lives of others, or in the history of the world. But our lack of understanding does not prevent us from believing God. #Don Fortner”
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