One of the greatest mistakes made by those who deny the perseverance of the saints is in focusing on the strength of our will to rebel rather than the strength of God’s commitment to preserve us in faith. Do you actually believe that in His infinite wisdom and love and kindness and grace that He cannot figure out a way to overcome whatever rebellious tendencies you might have and keep you safe in His arms? Do you actually believe that you are able to outsmart Divine Omniscience?

Sam Storms

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Eggs, Vegetables	French		10	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2	c	2% low-fat milk
1/2	c	Raisins
1/2	c	Firmly packed brown sugar
1/3	c	Sugar
1	ts	Vanilla extract
1/4	ts	Ground cinnamon
3		Egg whites
1		Egg
1	cn	(12-ounce) evaporated skimmed milk
10	sl	(3/4-inch) French bread, cut into cubes
		Vegetable cooking spray
1/2	c	Sugar
2	tb	Reduced-calorie stick margarine
2	tb	All-purpose flour
1	c	2% low-fat milk
3	tb	Dark rum

INSTRUCTIONS

RUM SAUCE
Here's two I've tried. Both are from Cooking Light, and are very good
Combine first 9 ingredients in a large bowl; stir well. Add bread; toss
gently. Let mixture stand 1 hour.
Spoon mixture into a 10 x 7-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray.
Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes or until pudding is set. Serve pudding
warm or at room temperature with Rum Sauce. Yield: 10 servings.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR RUM SAUCE: Combine sugar and margarine in a saucepan.
Place over medium heat, and cook until margarine melts.
Add flour, and cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly with a wire whisk.
Gradually add low-fat milk, and cook for 4 minutes or until thickened,
stirring constantly with wire whisk. Remove from heat, and stir in the rum.
Serve warm. Yield: 1-1/4 cups (serving size: 2 tablespoons).
NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION: CALORIES 299 (11% from fat); PROTEIN 9.2g; FAT
3.5g (sat 1.3g, mono 1.3g, poly 0.9g); CARB 57g; FIBER 1.1g; CHOL 28mg;
IRON 1.3mg; SODIUM 290mg; CALC 203mg NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION FOR RUM SAUCE:
CALORIES 69 (21% from fat); PROTEIN 1g; FAT 1.6g (sat 0.5g, mono 0.6g, poly
0.5g); CARB 12.3g; FIBER 0g; CHOL 2mg; IRON 0.1mg; SODIUM 40mg; CALC 31mg
Posted to FOODWINE Digest 26 Jun 97 by Lynn McKee <Sugaree908@AOL.COM> on
Jun 26, 1997

A Message from our Provider:

“God loves each of us as if there were only one of us. #Augustine”

Grace is reward, or favor, given to those who deserve judgment. If a judge found a serial rapist guilty, and then stepped down from his bench, agreed to take the death penalty in the criminal’s place, and sent the rapist on an all-expense-paid vacation to Hawaii for thirty years, that would be grace. The severity of the criminal’s crimes would be the measure of the judge’s grace. In the same way, the knowledge of what we deserve, and what it cost God to be gracious, is the measure of His fatherly grace. When it is said and done, the cross is the tape that measures the length and breadth of God’s grace. Like God’s wrath, His grace is holy. It transcends all human conceptions.

William Farley