Pride is the presumption that we can be happy without depending on God as the source of our happiness and without caring if others find their happiness in God. Pride is the passion to be happy contaminated and corrupted by two things: 1) the unwillingness to see God as the only fountain of true and lasting joy, and 2) the unwillingness to see other people as designed by God to receive our joy in Him. If you take the desire to be happy and strip away from it God as the fountain of your happiness, and people as the recipients of your happiness, what you have left is pride. Pride is the pursuit of happiness anywhere but in the glory of God and the good of other people.

John Piper

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Grains	Dutch	Poultry	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Dried beans
4	c	Boiling water
1	lb	Beef stew meat; cut in 1" cubes
2	tb	Oil
1	lg	Onion; chopped coarsely
2	lg	Potatoes; pared & cubed
3		Ribs celery; cut in 1" slices
3	md	Carrots; pared & sliced
1	c	Corn; fresh or frozen
1	ts	Curry powder or Berbere
1 1/2	ts	Salt
1	c	Boiling water
1/2	lb	Brussel sprouts; fresh or frozen

INSTRUCTIONS

Add beans to boiling water in a 3 qt saucepan or dutch oven; boil for two
minutes. Remove from heat and let stand covered for one hour. Brown meat in
hot oil; add onion and cook until brown. Add meat and onion mixture and all
other ingredients (except Brussel Sprouts) to the beans; add one cup
boiling water. Simmer stew for 1 hour, add sprouts and cook for 15 minutes.
see also: Traditional African Cooking by Ola Olaore, published by Foulsham
&Co, Ltd. 1990
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