God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
Jesus Christ demands self-denial, that is, self-negation (Matt. 16:24; Mark 8:34; Luke 9:23), as a necessary condition of discipleship. Self-denial is a summons to submit to the authority of God as Father and of Jesus as Lord and to declare lifelong war on one's instinctive egoism. What is to be negated is not personal self or one's existence as a rational and responsible human being. Jesus does not plan to turn us into zombies, nor does he ask us to volunteer for a robot role. The required denial is of carnal self, the egocentric, self-deifying urge with which we were born and which dominates us so ruinously in our natural state. Jesus links self-denial with cross-bearing. Cross-bearing is far more than enduring this or that hardship. Carrying one's cross in Jesus' day, as we learn from the story of Jesus' own crucifixion, was required of those whom society had condemned, whose rights were forfeit, and who were now being led out to their execution. The cross they carried was the instrument of death. Jesus represents discipleship as a matter of following him, and following him as based on taking up one's cross in self-negation. Carnal self would never consent to cast us in such a role. "When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die," wrote Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Bonhoeffer was right: Accepting death to everything that carnal self wants to possess is what Christ's summons to self-denial was all about.
All our pieces of gold are but current to the grave; none of them will pass in the future world. Therefore as merchants when they travel make over their monies here, to receive them by bills of exchange in another country; let us do good with our goods while we live, that when we die, by a blessed bill of exchange, we may receive them again in the Kingdom of heaven (Luke 16:9). To part with what we cannot keep, that we may get that we cannot lose, is a good bargain. Wealth can do us no good, unless it help us toward heaven.
In a saucepan bring 4 cups water and 1/2 teaspoon salt to boiling. Add
barley; reduce heat, cover and simmer 45 minutes until barley is tender and
water is absorbed.
In skillet cook ginger in oil one minute. Add scallions and red pepper.
Cook, stirring until vegetables are crisp-tender. Add shredded bok choy;
cook one minute until wilted. Remove from heat. Stir in rice vinegar, 1
teaspoon salt and barley.
For each roll, brush egg roll wrapper with 1 teaspoon water. Place scant
1/2 cup barley mixture horizontally across center of wrapper, leaving 2
inch border on all sides. Fold corner tightly over fillings, then overlap
right and left corners. Roll up tightly to enclose filling. Repeat with
remaining barley mixture and wrappers.
In deep skillet heat 1 inch oil to 375 degrees F. Fry rolls in batches
until golden and crisp, turning once. Drain on paper towels. Serve with soy
sauce, if desired. Makes 12 egg rolls.
Per Roll: 160 Calories, 4 g Protein, 7g Fat, 22g Carbohydrates, 272mg
Sodium, 12 mg cholesterol.
POSTED BY: Jim Bodle 7/93
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini
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