I commend solitude to any of you who are seeking salvation, first, that you may study well your case as in the sight of God. Few men truly know themselves as they really are. Most people have seen themselves in a looking-glass, but there is another looking-glass, which gives true reflections, into which few men look. To study one’s self in the light of God’s Word, and carefully to go over one’s condition, examining both the inward and the outward sins, and using all the tests which are given us in the Scriptures, would be a very healthy exercise; but how very few care to go through it!

C.H. Spurgeon

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains			4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	c	Water
1	oz	Lean ham; finely chopped
2	c	Fresh or frozen butterbeans*; shelled
1/4	ts	Salt
1/8	ts	Pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

*Use lima beans in a pinch.
Bring 2 cups water and ham to a boil in a saucepan; boil 5 to 10 minutes.
Add butterbeans, salt, and pepper; return to a boil. Cover, reduce heat,
and simmer 45 minutes or until tender. Makes 4 servings.
Notes: Boiling a little lean ham in the cooking liquid really fools your
tongue; you'll think you're feasting on bacon. You can buy this small
amount of ham at your grocer's deli.
Recipe by: Southern Living
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #1047 by Suzy Wert <SuzyWert@aol.com> on Jan
27, 1998

A Message from our Provider:

“Instead of complaining that God had hidden himself, you will give Him thanks for having revealed so much of Himself. #Blaise Pascal”

As C.S. Lewis once said, “Whatever is not eternal is eternally out of date.” It is simple logic. Why not invest myself it that which will last forever and matter most in this life? Do I have the faith to believe that? Do I have a deep satisfaction for all that God promised me in Christ Jesus, beginning now? If so, I will value that which is really valuable. And in order for that to happen, I need the Lord to continually help me to keep my gaze in the right place because the things of this world oftentimes seem so right and attractive, don’t they? It’s so easy to worship the creation over the Creator, isn’t it? But God has designed it where ultimate fulfillment is only to be found in the eternal realm. So if we choose not to go that route we are programmed for failure.

Randy Smith