The counter-intuitive truth that the depressed person needs to hear isn’t “you’re really a wonderful person,” but rather, “you’re more sinful and flawed than you ever dared believe.” When he bemoans that he’s “such a failure,” we should agree with him, at least on one level. We should all agree that we’re all failures to the point that the perfect Son of God had to die before we would be able to have fellowship with Him… In a nutshell, we have to intentionally consider Jesus, especially during those dark hours we’re tempted to think only of ourselves. And although every one of us needs a daily dose of Gospel-recapitulation, those of us who feels the blows of Giant Despair need it even more.

Elyse Fitzpatrick

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
	Asian	Soups &, Stews	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

6	c	Water
2	tb	Soy sauce
2	tb	Chili sauce or ketchup
1	ts	Ground ginger
1/8	ts	Cayenne pepper
2	pk	Ramen instant noodle soup (3 oz. ea.)
2 1/2	c	Chinese cabbage or green cabbage; thinly sliced
3		Carrots; peeled; cut into sli
1	c	Small mushrooms; sliced
1/2	c	Frozen corn kernels
1/2	lb	Cooked round steak; thinly sliced
4		Green onions; thinly sliced
2	ts	Dark sesame oil

INSTRUCTIONS

Mix water, soy sauce, shili sauce, ginger, pepper and one seasoning packet
from the noodles in a large saucepan (reserve other packet for other use).
Bring to a simmer; add cabbage and carrot; cook 5 minutes.  Add mushrooms,
corn and noodles; simmer 3 minutes.  Add beef and green onion.  Heat
through. Stir in sesame oil. Note: cooked, chopped chicken may be used
instead of beef.
Posted to FOODWINE Digest 12 Sep 96
Date:    Thu, 12 Sep 1996 14:19:58 -0400
From:    Laura Hunter <LHunter722@AOL.COM>

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