In our thinking, we actually begin to believe that our ways are better than God’s. We take this created gift called sex and use it to question the Creator God, who gave us the gift in the first place. We replace God’s pattern with our preferences, exchanging what God’s Word says about sexuality for what our observation and experience say about it. Yet we’re blind to our own foolishness. It’s as if we’re living out Proverbs 14:12 – “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.” The real danger here is our claim to know better than God what is best for our bodies and to justify sexual sin as a result.

David Platt

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Seafood	Canadian	Fish*shell, Appetizers, Sandwiches, Austr-nz	4	Sandwiches

INGREDIENTS

1/4	c	Mayonnaise
1	tb	Green onion, minced
1	tb	Fresh dill, chopped
1	tb	Capers
1 1/2	ts	Horseradish
	pn	Pepper
8	sl	Whole wheat bread
1 1/2	ts	Butter, softened
4	sl	Smoked salmon
12		Cucumber slices, thin

INSTRUCTIONS

Combine mayonnaise, onion, dill, cappers, horseradish and pepper. trim
crusts from bread; spread with butter then mayonnaise mixture. Arrange
salmon and cucumber over 4 slices of bread. Top with remaining bread; cut
each sandwich into 4 triangles or squares.
Source: Canadian Living magazine, Feb 95 Presented in article by Elizabeth
Baird: "Down Under Comes Over" Recipe by Roseville House, Brisbane,
Australia
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A Message from our Provider:

“Perhaps it takes a purer faith to praise God for unrealized blessings than for those we once enjoyed or those we enjoy now. #A.W. Tozer”

So men, what is your role? Not easy, but simple to understand! Just love your wife as much as Jesus loves the church. Christ’s love for the church is the model for us. So here is what comes to mind when I consider Christ’s love for the church. Jesus Christ, God Almighty in the flesh – fully God, without sin, worshiped continually by the angels in heaven. Yet at a point of time, motivated solely by obedience to the Father and love for hell-bound rebels, He would leave the glory of heaven, become man and live among us – the Creator becoming one with His creation. And rather than receiving the praise and acceptance He deserved, the very people He came to love would reject Him. His closest would deny and betray Him. His enemies would mock, reject, threaten and torture Him on a cross. The Son of God would die a physically, emotionally and spiritually horrifying death. All of it done that He might forgive our sins, call the church to Himself, present her to the Father without fault and enjoy an intimate spiritual marriage with us for all of eternity. That's the spirit of how we are to love our wives.

Randy Smith