Here are a few suggestions to help you get started [with Bible meditation]. 1. Prepare. Issues of posture, time and place are secondary, but not unimportant. The only rule would be: do whatever is most conducive to concentration. 2. Peruse. Read, repeat the reading, write it out, then re-write it. 3. Picture. Apply your imagination and senses to the truth of the text. Envision yourself personally engaged in the relationship or encounter or experience of which the text speaks. 4. Ponder. Reflect on the truth of the Word; brood over the truth of the text; absorb it, soak it in, as you turn it over in your mind. 5. Pray. At some point take the truth as the Holy Spirit has illuminated it and pray it back to God whether in petition, thanksgiving, or intercession. 6. Personalize. Where possible, according to sound principles of biblical interpretation, replace proper names and proper pronouns with your own name. 7. Praise. Worship the Lord for who He is and what He has done and how it has been revealed in Scripture. 8. Practice. Commit yourself to doing what the Word commands. The aim of meditation is moral transformation.

Sam Storms

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Seafood	Chinese	Fish	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4		Or
5		Black mushrooms
1/3	c	Bamboo shoots
1		Bunch scallions
2	tb	Oil
1		(2-lb) fish
3/4	c	Water
1	tb	Brown sugar
5	tb	Soy sauce
1	tb	Sherry

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Soak dried mushrooms.
2. Slice bamboo shoots and soaked mushrooms. Cut scallions in 2-inch
sections.
3. Heat oil. Add scallions, bamboo shoots and mushrooms. Stir-fry 1 to 2
minutes; then remove from pan.
4. Pick up steps 1, 2 and 4 of "Basic Braised Soy Fish" (see recipe).
5. Return vegetables. Add water, sugar, soy sauce and sherry. Bring to a
boil; then simmer, covered, 5 minutes.
6. Turn heat up to medium and baste fish until all but 1/2 cup of the sauce
has evaporated. Serve at once with remaining sauce.
From <The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook>, ISBN 0-517-65870-4. Downloaded
from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.

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