When you look at it closely, drunkenness is a lordship problem. Who is your master, God or your desires? Do you desire God above all else, or do you desire something in creation more than you desire the Creator? At root, drunkards are worshipping another god – alcohol. Drunkenness violates the command “You shall have no other gods before me.” Heavy drinkers love alcohol. They are controlled by it as if they were its subjects and it was their ruler-lover. This alcohol-worship, however, is actually a form of self-worship. We worship people and things to get what we want. Those who worship money do so in order to get what they want. Heavy drinkers drink neither to glorify God nor to love their neighbor. They drink to indulge their own desires, whether those desires are pleasure, freedom from pain, alleviation of fear, forgetting, vengeance, or a host of others.

Edward Welch

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats			1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	lb	Ground beef
1/2	c	Each; chopped: onion, celery and bell pepper
1		Garlic clove; minced
1	c	Medium pearl barley
1/4	c	Tomato paste
2	ts	Instant beef bouillon granules
2 1/2	c	Boiling water
1	cn	(14 1/2-ounce) chopped tomatoes including liquid

INSTRUCTIONS

Notes: From Houston (Texas) Chronicle.
Crumble beef into a dishwasher-safe plastic colander suspended over a
3-quart casserole. Top with onion, celery, bell pepper and garlic; cover
with lid or vented plastic wrap. Stirring midway through cooking, microwave
on high 6 minutes or until beef is no longer pink.
Discard grease and place barley, tomato paste and bouillon in casserole.
Pour boiling water over barley; stir. Top with tomatoes, tomato liquid and
beef mixture; do not stir. Re-cover and microwave on medium-high (70
percent) 30 minutes. Stir and let stand 5 minutes.
Makes 6 servings, each: 331 calories, 24 grams protein, 11 grams fat, 33
grams carbohydrates, 5 grams fiber, 71 milligrams cholesterol, 638
milligrams sodium.
Posted to recipelu-digest by ncanty@juno.com (Nadia I Canty) on Mar 28,
1998

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