You don’t have to be ascetic, and you don’t have to be afraid of the goodness of physical pleasure, to say that sexual intimacy and sexual climax get their final meaning from what they point to. They point to ecstasies that are unattainable and inconceivable in this life. Just as the heavens are telling the glory of God’s power and beauty, so sexual climax is telling the glory of immeasurable delights that we will have with Christ in the age to come. There will be no marriage there (Matt. 22:30). But what marriage meant will be there. And the pleasures of marriage, ten-to-the-millionth power, will be there.

John Piper

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy		Desserts	10	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	oz	Butter, Melted
6	oz	Chocolate Digestive biscuits crushed
1	lb	Full-fat cream cheese
5	oz	Soft light or dark brown sugar
5	fl	Double Cream, Whipped
11	g	Sachet of gelatine
3	tb	Orange Juice
8	oz	Plain chocolate, melted
		Reserved Cream
		Mandarin Orange Segments
		Melted Chocolate

INSTRUCTIONS

TO DECORATE
Stir the melted butter into the crushed biscuits, mixing well.
Press into a 20.5 cm (8 inch) spring-clip tin. Chill.
Beat together the cheese and sugar until smooth. Stir in most of the cream,
reserving a little for decoration.
dissolve the gelatine by sprinkling over the orange juice in a small bowl
and standing over a pan of hot water. Fold into the cheese mixture.
Beat in the melted chocolate and pour over the biscuit base. Chill until
set.
Remove cheesecake from tin and place on a serving dish. Pipe or spoon
reserved cream on top and decorate with mandarin orange segments. drizzle
with a little melted chocolate.
Source: Woman's Realm
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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Have you ever in the first five seconds of temptation, demanded of your mind that it look steadfastly at the crucified form of Jesus Christ? Picture this. You have just seen a peek-a-boo blouse inviting further fantasy. You have five seconds. "No! Get out of my mind! God help me!" Now, immediately, demand of your mind - you can do this by the Spirit (Romans 8:13). Demand of your mind to fix its gaze on Christ on the cross. Use all your fantasizing power to see his lacerated back. Thirty-nine lashes left little flesh intact. He heaves with his breath up and down against the rough vertical beam of the cross. Each breath puts splinters into the lacerations. The Lord gasps. From time to time he screams out with intolerable pain. He tries to pull away from the wood and the massive spokes through his wrist rip into the nerve endings and he screams again with agony and pushes up with his feet to give some relief to his wrists. But the bones and nerves in his pierced feet crush against each other with anguish and he screams again. There is no relief. His throat is raw from screaming and thirst. He loses his breath and thinks he is suffocating, and suddenly his body involuntarily gasps for air and all the injuries unite in pain. In torment, he forgets about the crown of two-inch thorns and throws his head back in desperation, only to hit one of the thorns perpendicular against the cross beam and drive it half an inch into his skull. His voice reaches a soprano pitch of pain and sobs break over his pain-wracked body as every cry brings more and more pain. Now, I am not thinking about the blouse any more. I am at Calvary. These two images are not compatible.

John Piper