Jesus clearly connects our appreciation of the forgiveness of God with our love for Him. When we realize Christ died on the cross for each of our sins, we will love Him much. When we understand that Jesus experienced the wrath of God in our place, we will love Him much. When we realize that we have been credited with the righteousness of Christ when nothing in us is worthy, we will love Him much. And when we consider that God will accept us into heaven for eternity because of the finished work of Jesus Christ, we will love Him much.

Karl Graustein

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy		Bars, Bobbie – no, Chocolate, Cookies, Desserts	30	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Sliced almonds; lightly toasted, divided
1	c	Butter or margarine; softened
1/2	c	Confectioner's sugar
1/4	ts	Salt
1 1/4	c	All-purpose flour
2	c	Semisweet chocolate chips; (12 oz.)
14	oz	Can sweetened condensed milk
1/2	ts	Almond extract

INSTRUCTIONS

Heat oven to 350 F. Grease 13x9x2" baking pan. Finely grind 1/3 cup cooled,
toasted, almonds in food processor or blender. Beat butter, confectioner's
sugar and salt in large bowl until creamy. Add flour and ground almonds;
stir unitl well blended. With floured hands, press dough evenly into
prepared pan. bake 20-25 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool 5 minutes.
In heavy saucepan over Low heat, melt chocolate chips with sweetnened
condensed milk, stirring constantly until chips are melted. Stir in almond
extract. Spread evenly over warm shortbread. Sprinkle with remaining sliced
almonds; press down firmly. Refrigerate 3 hours until firm. Cut into bars.
Store covered at room temperature Makes 24-36 bars. Note: to toast almonds,
heat oven to 350 F. Spread almonds in thin layer in shallow baking pan.
Bake 5-8 minutes or until very lightly brown, stirring once or twice. MC
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Recipe by: Blue Diamond Nuts recipe
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by Roberta Banghart <bobbi744@acd.net> on May
14, 1998

A Message from our Provider:

“This is the day the Lord has made! Be glad!”

It appears singular to the reader of St. Paul's Epistles that the apostle in one passage speaks of Christians as perfect, and in another as imperfect. At one time, he describes them in terms that would lead us to infer that they are holy as God is holy; and at another, he speaks of them as full of sin and corruption. In the text, he denominates them “the elect of God, holy and beloved,” and yet immediately proceeds to exhort them to the possession and practice of the most common Christian graces – such as humility and forgiveness. In a preceding paragraph, he tells the Colossians that they “are dead to sin, and their life is hid with Christ in God,” and then goes on to urge them to overcome some of the most gross sins in the whole catalogue – “mortify, therefore, your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry” (Col. 3:3-5).

William Shedd