Now I know there are many dangers of striving for excellence. After all, haven’t we learned that Satan will take anything we do for good and seek to bring forth evil. We have been been taught, 2 Corinthians 2:11, to not be “ignorant of his schemes.” I know if we are not careful, a pursuit of excellence can lead to pride whereby we look down on others or desire to draw personal attention to ourselves or seek to be man-pleasers. I know it can lead to a reliance on our own strength and not God’s strength. I know it can lead to misplaced goals that believe the product is more important than the spiritual goals it aims to produce. I know it can lead to misplaced trust that excellence alone can somehow achieve God’s purposes. And I know it can lead to misplaced methods, looking to worldly techniques more than Scripture. I know all of these and now you do as well, but we can’t operate in fear as an excuse to excuse the behavior expected of us from the Lord.

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Meats, Dairy		Celery, Vegetables	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	lg	Bunch celery
2	tb	Butter
1	tb	Flour
1	c	Beef broth
2	tb	Brandy
4	lg	Mushrooms; sliced
1	tb	Bread crumbs
1	tb	Parmesan cheese
2	ts	Butter for topping

INSTRUCTIONS

Remove coarse outer stalks from celery. Cut into pieces about 5-inches
long. Cook uncovered in boiling salted water for 5 minutes. Drain
thoroughly. Lay them on buttered baking dish. Sauce: Melt butter in
saucepan. Add flour and stir until brown. Add broth a little at a time as
you mix with wire whisk and cook, stirring until smooth, about 5 minutes.
Remove from fire and add brandy. Place mushrooms on top of celery and cover
with sauce. Sprinkle with mixture of Parmesan and bread crumbs and dot with
butter. Bake in 350 degrees oven for 30 minutes or until golden brown.
Posted to recipelu-digest by "Diane Geary." <diane@keyway.net> on Feb 4,
1998

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