God’s emotional life is infinitely complex beyond our ability to fully comprehend. For example, who can comprehend that the Lord hears in one moment of time the prayers of ten million Christians around the world, and sympathizes with each one personally and individually like a caring Father (as Hebrews 4:15 says He will), even though among those ten million prayers some are broken-hearted and some are bursting with joy? How can God weep with those who weep and rejoice with those who rejoice when they are both coming to Him at the same time – in fact are always coming to Him with no break at all? Or who can comprehend that God is angry at the sin of the world every day (Psalm 7:11), and yet every day, every moment, He is rejoicing with tremendous joy because somewhere in the world a sinner is repenting (Luke 15:7, 10, 23)? Who can comprehend that God continually burns with hot anger at the rebellion of the wicked, grieves over the unholy speech of his people (Ephesians 4:29-30), yet takes pleasure in them daily (Psalm 149:4), and ceaselessly makes merry over penitent prodigals who come home?

John Piper

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains, Meats, Dairy	Mexican	Mexican, Soups, Stews & chi	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	lg	Butternut squash
3	lb	Banana squash
1		Whole chipotle pepper; (dried)
1	lg	Dried ancho; pulverized
1		Whole habanero; stemmed & seeded
5	c	Chicken broth
1/4	c	Lime juice
2		Whole zucchini; diced
		Sour cream; for garnish
		Roasted jalapenos; for garnish
		Chopped red onion; for garnish

INSTRUCTIONS

Bake the squash, covered, for about an hour at 400F. Soak a dried Chipotle
in boiling water for 5 minutes and drain. Put it, 5 cups chicken broth, a
large dried ancho pulverized in a blender and a stemmed and seeded habanero
in a large pot. Simmer 20 minutes; remove and discard ancho and hab. Scrape
squash from rind; whirl in blender or food processor and add to broth with
1/4 cup lime juice. Add 2 diced zucchini, simmer 10 minutes.
Serve topped with sour cream and chili garnish (roast 4 large jalapenos,
red and green; chop, saute a chopped red onion in a little salad oil, add
the chopped jalapenos)
NOTES : Sunset suggests serving with Rosemary smoked turkey and spiced
basmati rice with chayote.
Recipe by: Sunset Magazine (Berry Kercheval)
Posted to recipelu-digest by "Christopher E. Eaves" <cea260@airmail.net> on
Mar 03, 1998

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