How sweet all at once it was for me to be rid of those fruitless joys which I had once feared to lose and was now glad to reject! You drove them from me, You who are the true, the sovereign joy. You drove them from me and took their place, You who are sweeter than all pleasure, though not to flesh and blood, You who outshine all light yet are hidden deeper than any secret in our hearts, You who surpass all honor though not in the eyes of men who see all honor in themselves. At last my mind was free from the gnawing anxieties of ambition and gain, from wallowing in filth and scratching the itching sore of lust. I began to talk to you freely, O Lord my God, my Light, my Wealth, and my Salvation.

Augustine

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Fruits, Grains			6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	ts	Unflavored gelatin
1		Cup; water, cold
1	c	Milk
1	c	Honey
2	ts	Vanilla
2	c	Tofu; mashed
1/2	c	Frozen fruit; up to 1
1/2	c	Fruit preserves; up to 1
		Spices; raisins, and nuts

INSTRUCTIONS

VARIATIONS
Soften the gelatin in the cold water. Stir together the milk and honey and
bring to a boil. Add the gelatin mixture and stir until the gelatin is
dissolved. Cool. Add vanilla to the cooled mixture. Combine the above
mixture and the tofu in a blender and process at high speed until very
smooth. Cool the mixture in the refrigerator until almost set. Remove, and
beat by hand or with an electric mixer until until light and fluffy. Freeze
the mixture in a mold or in a refrigerator tray for about 1-2 hours,
depending on size of the mold. Serve before it becomes too hard. Serves 6-8
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by "M. Hicks" <nitro_ii@email.msn.com> on Feb 6,
1998

A Message from our Provider:

“Guess who created pleasure. He might just know a thing or two . . .”

As Christian hedonist preachers we know that every listener longs for happiness. And we will never tell them to deny or repress that desire. Their problem is not that they want to be satisfied but that they are far too easily satisfied. We will instruct them how to glut their soul-hunger on the grace of God. We will paint God’s glory in lavish reds and yellows and blues, and hell we will paint with smoky shadows of gray and charcoal. We will labor to wean them off the milk of the word onto the rich fare of God’s grace and glory. We will bend all our effort, by the Holy Spirit, to persuade our people: 1. That “the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt” (Heb. 11:26). 2. That they can be happier in giving than receiving (Acts 20:35). 3. That they should count everything as loss for the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus their Lord (Phil. 3:8). 4. That the aim of all of Jesus’ commandments is that their joy might be full (John 15:11). 5. That if they delight themselves in the Lord He will give them the desires of their heart (Ps. 37:4). 6. That there is great gain in godliness with contentment (1 Tim. 6:6). 7. That the joy of the Lord is their strength (Neh. 8:11). We will not try to motivate their ministry by Kantian appeals to mere duty. We will tell them that delight in God is their highest duty. But we will remind them that Jesus endured the cross for the joy that was set before Him (Heb. 12:2), and that Hudson Taylor, at the end of a life full of suffering and trial, said, ‘I never made a sacrifice.”

John Piper