God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
It is natural...for us to trust in ourselves. It is so natural, and so confirmed by the habits of a lifetime, that no ordinary difficulties or perplexities avail to break us of it. It takes all God can do to root up our self-confidence. He must reduce us to despair; He must bring us to such an extremity that the one voice we have in our hearts, the one voice that cries to us wherever we look round for help, is death, death, death. It is out of this despair that the superhuman hope is born. It is out of this abject helplessness that the soul learns to look up with new trust to God… How do most of us attain to any faith in Providence? Is it not by proving, through numberless experiments, that it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps? Is it not by coming, again and again, to the limit of our resources, and being compelled to feel that unless there is a wisdom and a love at work on our behalf, immeasurably wiser and more benign than our own, life is a moral chaos?... Only desperation opens our eyes to God’s love.
1. Blanch peaches in boiling water 30 seconds. Immediately rinse with cold
running water; drain well. Peel peaches; cut in half; remove and discard
pits. 2. Heat 2 cups water, the sugar and vanilla in medium saucepan to
boiling; boil, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes. Sugar should be completely
dissolved. Add peach halves; poach until tender but still firm, about 10
minutes. Remove peaches with slotted spoon to bowl, reserving syrup;
refrigerate until cold, about 1 hour. 3. Add cranberries to syrup. Heat to
boiling; reduce heat. Simmer 10 minutes. Puree mixture in food processor or
blender; stir in kirsh. Refrigerate, covered, until cold, about 1 hour. 4.
At serving time, stand 2 peach halves upright in each of 6 stemmed glasses;
place a scoop of ice cream between halves; spoon cranberry puree over ice
cream. NOTES: If fresh peaches aren't available, you can used canned
freestone (Elberta) peaches. The cranberry puree has a nubby texture; if
you want a smoother sauce, press puree through fine-mesh sieve to remove
bits of skin.
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini
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