So when we call pain a problem, we claim we do not deserve it. We are even prepared to scuttle God to maintain our own innocence. We will say that God is not able to do what He would like, or He would never permit persons such as ourselves to suffer. That puffs up our egos and soothes our griefs at the same time. “How could God do this to me?” is at once an admission of pain and a soporific for it. It reduces our personal grief by eradicating the deity. Drastic medicine, indeed, that only a human ego, run wild, could possibly imagine.

John Gerstner

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains		Digest, Oct.	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	ts	Grated orange peel
1	md	Orange, peeled & diced
2	ts	Grated lemon peel
1	tb	Lemon juice
2	tb	Minced onion
2	tb	Chopped cilantro
1	ts	Ground cumin seed
1/2	ts	Salt
1	lg	Ripe avacado, diced
1	ds	Cayenne pepper to taste

INSTRUCTIONS

Combine all except avacado.  Gently stir avacado into
salsa and add cayenne to taste.  Serve w chips or
NAUGHTY (c*****n)!!
Posted by SIDELLE Silverstein
<sidelle@alpha.acast.nova.edu> to the Fatfree Digest
[Volume 11 Issue 21], Oct. 21, 1994. FATFREE Recipe
collections copyrighted by Michelle Dick 1994. Used
with permission. Formatted by Sue Smith, S.Smith34,
TXFT40A@Prodigy.com using MMCONV.
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

A Message from our Provider:

“Jesus: Never-ending fulfillment”

Adam and Eve were created in God’s image, after His likeness (Gen. 1:26). But in Adam’s sin, the human race was given over to corruption (Rom. 5:12-21). We are still image-bearers (Gen. 9:6; James 3:9), but the image has been distorted (Gen. 6:5; Eccles. 7:29). The goal of sanctification is the renewal of this image. The holy person is being renewed in knowledge after the image of the Creator (Col. 3:10), which means growing in righteousness and holiness (Eph. 4:24). This does not happen all at once, but rather, we are transformed into the image of God one degree of glory to another (2 Cor. 3:18). God is holy, so most basically being holy means being like God. This is why it’s so critical that Christians know the character and work of the one they worship. If you want to know what holiness looks like, look at God.

Kevin DeYoung