God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
Our culture does not help us to smash our graven image of the casual god. Our culture proclaims that God must be the essence of tolerance; He is chummy rather than holy; the ';man upstairs' rather than my Father for Jesus' sake. So long as our novelty license plates declare that "God is my co-pilot' we can be sure that we have not yet seen the King, Yahweh of hosts.
The strength of temptation also comes from a tendency to push virtues to such an extreme that they become vices. For example, it is all too easy for the joy of eating to become gluttony, or for the blessing of rest to become sloth, or for the peace of quietness to become non-communication, or for industriousness to become greed, or for liberty to be turned into an excuse for licentiousness. We all know what it’s like for pleasure to become sensuality, or for self-care to become selfishness, or for self-respect to become conceit, or for wise caution to become cynicism and unbelief, or for righteous anger to become unrighteous rage, or for the joy of sex to become immorality, or for conscientiousness to become perfectionism. The list could go on endlessly…
ALMOND COOLER, 1 SERVING
To serve, put a few tablespoons in a glass and add cold or sparkling water
and ice.
Bring water to a boil; add almonds and return to a boil. Remove from heat
and allow to cool thoroughly. Squeeze the ground almonds in several layers
of rinsed cheesecloth. Pour almond extract into a saucepan; add sugar,
bitter almond extract, and orange juice. Stir well and bring to a boil;
cook to a thick syrup consistency. Let cool completely. If syrup if not
thick enough, boil again for 5 minutes. Pour into sterile bottles, seal and
refrigerate. Can be used immediately Serve with ice water or with club
soda.
FOR 1 SERVING ALMOND COOLER: Combine a2 tb almond syrup, 2 tb yogurt and 6
oz (3/4 cup) cold water.
MAKES: 1 QUART SOURCE: _From My Grandmother's Kitchen: A Sephardic
Cookbook_ by Viviane Bicheck Miner
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini
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