Marriage is a picture of Christ and the church. It is a sacred mystery. In fact, the sacredness of Christ’s church is linked to the sacredness of marriage. Christ is the heavenly Bridegroom and the church is His bride (Revelation 21:9). Marriage illustrates this union. The husband is called to be Christlike in his love for his wife because this protects the sacredness of the divine object lesson. The Christian husband therefore displays what he thinks of Christ by the way he treats his wife. And marriage itself is a sacred institution because of what it illustrates.

John MacArthur

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
			8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4	tb	Unsalted butter
3/4	c	Firmly packed brown sugar
2	lb	Barely ripe bananas
		Juice and zest of one orange
		Juice of 1 lemon
3	oz	Raisins; soaked in 2 Tbsp. rum
1	c	Toasted pecans; chopped
		Cinnamon and freshly grated nutmeg to taste

INSTRUCTIONS

1. In large nonstick skillet, melt butter and add brown sugar. Cook over
low heat until brown sugar melts and starts to bubble.
2. Peel bananas and cut in half lengthwise. Make cross slices so pieces of
banana are about 1/2- by 1/2-inch.
3. Turn up heat and add bananas to bubbling brown sugar. Add remaining
ingredients, including rum poured over raisins, and bring to fast simmer.
Taste for seasoning and serve immediately.
Serves 8
Although this is excellent with Vanilla Bread Pudding for breakfast, this
relish is just as delectable warm on vanilla ice cream or frozen yogurt.
Posted to recipelu-digest by "bunny" <layla696@ix.netcom.com> on Feb 26,
1998

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