See the contrary disposition of Christ and Satan and his instruments. Satan attacks us when we are weakest. But Christ will mend in us all the breaches sin and Satan have made. He 'binds up the brokenhearted' (Isaiah 61:1). And as a mother treats most tenderly the most diseased and weakest child, so does Christ most mercifully bend down to the weakest people. He puts an instinct into the weakest things to rely for support on something stronger than themselves. So the vine clings to the elm. The church’s awareness of her weakness makes her willing to lean on her Beloved.

Richard Sibbes

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains		Crockpot, Beans	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	lb	Dry Great Northern Beans Or Other Dry Beans*
1	lg	Onion
1/2	ts	Salt
1	c	Molasses
1	ts	Dry mustard
1	ts	Worcestershire sauce
1	c	Firmly packed brown sugar
1/4	lb	Bacon

INSTRUCTIONS

* soaked overnight and drained
Place beans in large kettle. Cover with water, sprinkle with 1 tablespoon
baking soda. Bring to boil. Cook covered for 30 minutes or until beans are
just tender. Drain; reserve liquid. Combine salt, molasses, mustard,
Worcestershire sauce and brown sugar. Place 1/3 of beans in crock pot with
small amount of reserved liquid. Cover with 1/3 of molasses mixture. Place
3 slices of bacon on top. Place onion on top of this layer. Repeat layers;
add part of reserved liquid with each layer. Cover beans with liquid. Cook
on low and for 8 to 10 hours or until beans are tender.
Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 412 by James and Susan Kirkland
<[email protected]> on Dec 28, 1997

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