What has exceedingly hurt you in time past, nay, and I fear, to this day, is lack of reading. I scarce ever knew a preacher who read so little. And perhaps, by neglecting it, you have lost the taste for it. Hence your talent in preaching does not increase. It is just the same as it was seven years ago. It is lively, but not deep; there is little variety; there is no compass of thought. Reading only can supply this, with meditation and daily prayer. You wrong yourself greatly by omitting this. You can never be a deep preacher without it, any more than a thorough Christian. Oh begin! Fix some part of every day for private exercise. You may acquire the taste which you have not; what is tedious at first will afterward be pleasant. Whether you like it or not, read and pray daily. It is for your life; there is no other way; else you will be a trifler all your days, and a pretty, superficial preacher. Do justice to your own soul; give it time and means to grow. Do not starve yourself any longer. Take up your cross and be a Christian altogether. Then will all the children of God rejoice (not grieve) over you, and in particular yours.

John Wesley

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains			1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	cn	Eagle Brand
40		Graham Crackers; crushed
1	pk	Choc. chipits
1/4	pk	Nuts; ( pecans, walnuts)
		Coconut

INSTRUCTIONS

I thought I would finally share a recipe that was my mother's from 1949:
Mix first 4 ingredients, then roll in coconut. Mother made these every
year, only at Christmas. Mother is 91 now, and no longer makes these,
now... I do. Somehow, they don't quite taste the same.
I hope this is the correct way to post a recipe. Thanks to all, for helping
me to learn more, and to actually begin to love cooking. Posted to
MM-Recipes Digest V4 #214 by Geri Newell <dusty@MNSi.Net> on Aug 15, 1997

A Message from our Provider:

“Forgive your enemies – it messes with their heads!”

Jacob is about to enter the Promised Land. He will be one of the venerated Patriarchs of the faith. But before Jacob can become Israel, the man must be broken. Jacob needs to learn that his life is to be one of continual striving with God, but doing it with full dependence on God. He will learn that with God there is a continual heat from the refiner’s fire, but through the adversity there is an unspeakable joy in the journey. And though God probably won’t be wrestling with any of us physically like He did with Jacob, there is a continual tension of finding our greatest peace when we are most intimate in close communion with God. At times we struggle, but in the pain we learn to submit to His will, allow Him to expose our defects, yield to the wounds He creates and then trust Him that the pain is for our greatest good as the “old man” is further put to death. If we act in the flesh and run away or defend ourselves or blame others or whine and complain, we’ll never experience this. As creatures so prone to follow our selfish instincts, there is a serenity that comes when God wrestles us to the ground, breaks us further of our pride and reminds us that our sufficiency is only in Him.

Randy Smith