God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
When ye murmur and repine under cross and afflictive dispensations, this is a presuming to instruct God how to deal with you, and to reprove Him as if He were in the wrong. Yea, there is a kind of implicit blasphemy in it, as if you had more wisdom and justice to dispose of your lot, and to carve out your own portion in the world. This is upon the matter the language of such a disposition, Had I been on God’s counsel, I had ordered this matter better; things had not been with me as now they are. O presume not to correct the infinite wisdom of God, seeing He has decreed all things most wisely and judiciously.
I am not what I might be, I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I wish to be, I am not what I hope to be. But I thank God I am not what I once was, and I can say with the great apostle, “By the grace of God I am what I am.”
In a large kettle, place onion, celery, carrot, and spices. Clean leeks
thoroughly; chop coarsely, discarding any tough parts. Rinse chicken and
discard any excess fat. Add to kettle with leeks and barley. Cover with 3
qts. of water (or however much it takes to cover chicken). Bring to a boil,
skimming top. Reduce heat to medium and simmer, partially covered for 1
hour. Remove chicken, bone and chop, then return to kettle. Add salt,
pepper, parsley, and prunes. Cook 15 minutes.
(recipe by Diane Napolitan of The Upper Crust)
* The Polka Dot Palace BBS 1-201-822-3627. Posted by EPONA
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #706 by Lisa Clarke <lisa@gaf.com> on Aug 1,
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A Message from our Provider:
“We can do nothing, we say sometimes, we can only pray. That, we feel, is a terribly precarious second-best. So long as we can fuss and work and rush about, so long as we can lend a hand, we have some hope; but if we have to fall back upon God — ah, then things must be critical indeed! #A.J. Gossip”
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