Reconciliation…always portrays God as the reconciler and sinners as the ones reconciled, since it was human sin that ruptured the relationship between God and man (cf. Isa. 59:2)… Thus, reconciliation is not something man does but what he receives; it is not what he accomplishes but what he embraces. Reconciliation does not happen when man decides to stop rejecting God but when God decides to stop rejecting man. It is a divine provision by which God’s holy displeasure against alienated sinners is appeased, His hostility against them removed, and a harmonious relationship between Him and them established. Reconciliation occurs because God was graciously willing to design a way to have all the sins of those who are His removed from them “as far as the east is from the west” (Psm. 103:12), “cast all their sins into the depths of the sea” (Mic. 7:19), and “cast all [their] sins behind [His] back” (Isa. 38:17).

John MacArthur

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		All newly t, Dessert	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

3	c	Sliced fresh or frozen rhubarb, 1" PIEces
1/3	c	Sugar
1/4	c	Orange juice
2	c	Light whipped topping
1	pt	Fresh strawberries; halved
		Fresh mint; optional

INSTRUCTIONS

In a saucepan, combine rhubarb, sugar and orange juice; bring to a boil.
Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 6-8 minutes or until rhubarb is tender.
Cool slightly. Pour into a blender container; cover and blend until smooth.
Chill. Just before serving, fold rhubarb mixture into whipped topping until
lightly streaked. In six chilled parfait glasses, alternate layers of cream
mixture and strawberries. Top with strawberries and a sprig of mint if
desired. Yield 6 servings.
Recipe by: Taste of Home Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #730 by L979@aol.com
on Aug 9, 1997

A Message from our Provider:

“God will let you get away with it until suddenly . . .”

Don’t bear trouble, use it. Take whatever happens – justice and injustice, pleasure and pain, compliment and criticism – take it up into the purpose of your life and make something out of it. Turn it into testimony. Don’t explain evil, exploit evil; make it serve you. Just as the Lotus flower reaches down and takes up the mud and mire into the purposes of its life and produces the lotus flower out of them, so you are to take whatever happens and make something out of it.

E. Stanley Jones