Jacob is about to enter the Promised Land. He will be one of the venerated Patriarchs of the faith. But before Jacob can become Israel, the man must be broken. Jacob needs to learn that his life is to be one of continual striving with God, but doing it with full dependence on God. He will learn that with God there is a continual heat from the refiner’s fire, but through the adversity there is an unspeakable joy in the journey. And though God probably won’t be wrestling with any of us physically like He did with Jacob, there is a continual tension of finding our greatest peace when we are most intimate in close communion with God. At times we struggle, but in the pain we learn to submit to His will, allow Him to expose our defects, yield to the wounds He creates and then trust Him that the pain is for our greatest good as the “old man” is further put to death. If we act in the flesh and run away or defend ourselves or blame others or whine and complain, we’ll never experience this. As creatures so prone to follow our selfish instincts, there is a serenity that comes when God wrestles us to the ground, breaks us further of our pride and reminds us that our sufficiency is only in Him.

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs		Hors d’oeuv, Desserts	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Water
1	c	Flour
1	tb	Butter
		Salt
3		Whole eggs

INSTRUCTIONS

Bring water to boil with salt and butter. Add flour all at once stirring
vigorously until dough leaves the sides of the pan. Let cool. Stir in eggs
one at a time until all is incorporated. Drop choux by teaspoons onto a
buttered pan. Bake in pre-heated 350 degree oven for 1/2 hour. Turn down
heat to 250 and bake another 15 mins.
Posted to EAT-L Digest  by Leon & Miriam Posvolsky <miriamp@POBOX.COM> on
Nov 17, 1997

A Message from our Provider:

“God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless. #Chester W. Nimitz”

How many of us, who are engaged in the Lord's holy service, are secretly cherishing some proud aspiration of excelling other men, of making a name for ourselves, of securing money or fame! We will use the pulpit as a pedestal for the adulation of the world, and the cross for a post on which to hang garlands to our own glory. How often do we preach sermons, or make addresses, and attend meetings, with no other thought than to secure the recognition and praise of those to whom we “minister.” All of this must be laid aside. We must have no selfish, prideful ulterior motives to serve Christ.

F.B. Meyer