That sweet, inward, quiet, gracious frame of spirit, which freely submits to and delights in God’s wise and fatherly disposal in every condition…. It is a work of the Spirit ‘indoors.’ It is a box of precious ointment, very comforting and useful for troubled hearts in times of troubled conditions…. Certainly our contentment does not consist in getting the thing we desire, but in God’s fashioning our spirits to our conditions… To be well-skilled in the mystery of Christian contentment is the duty, glory and excellence of a Christian… That man or woman who is never without a contended spirit, truly can never be said to want much. Oh, the Word holds forth a way full of comfort and peace to the people of God even in this world. You may live happy lives in the midst of all the storms and tempests in the world. There is an ark that you may come into and no men in the world may live such comfortable, cheerful and contented lives as the saints of God. Oh, that we might learn this lesson.

Jeremiah Burroughs

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		Snacks, Christmas, Candies	16	Canes

INGREDIENTS

1/2	c	Nestle Toll House semi-sweet chocolate morsels
2	ts	Shortening
16		Peppermint candy canes or sticks (about 6 inches)
		Crushed hard peppermint candy or Nestle Toll House semi-sweet chocolate mini morsels, if desired

INSTRUCTIONS

Line jelly roll pan, 15 1/2x10 1/2x1 inch, with waxed paper.  Heat
chocolate morsels and shortening in 1 quart saucepan over low heat
until melted.
Tip saucepan so chocolate runs to 1 side.  Dip 1 candy cane at a time
into chocolate, coating about three-fourths of each stick with
chocolate. Place in pan.  Let stand about 2 minutes or until
chocolate is partially dry.
Roll chocolate-dipped ends in crushed peppermint candy.  Let stand
about 10 minutes or until chocolate is dry.  Store loosely covered at
room temperature up to 2 weeks.  Yield: 16 candy canes.  Typed in
MMFormat by cjhartlin@email.msn.com  Source: Betty Crocker Holidays.
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest  by "Cindy Hartlin"
<cjhartlin@email.msn.com> on Dec 8, 1999

A Message from our Provider:

“Life: the time God gives you to determine how you spend eternity”

I think of Peter after He denied the Lord. The Bible says, “He went out and wept bitterly” (Lk. 22:62). Psalm 38:18, “For I confess my iniquity; I am full of anxiety because of my sin.” Jeremiah 31:18, “I have surely heard Ephraim grieving, ‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised, like an untrained calf; bring me back that I may be restored, for You are the LORD my God.’” In the Beatitudes our Lord said, “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted” (Mt. 5:4). In 2 Corinthians 7, Paul spoke of a “godly sorrow.” In the depths of your relationship with God have you ever experienced this? When we sin against God we should experience our most intense grief. In verse 3 of Psalm 6, David speaks of His soul being “greatly dismayed.”

Randy Smith