The heir of heaven serves his Lord simply out of gratitude; he has no salvation to gain, no heaven to lose; … now, out of love to the God who chose him, and who gave so great a price for his redemption, he desires to lay out himself entirely to his Master’s service. O you who are seeking salvation by the works of the law, what a miserable life your must be!… you have that if you diligently persevere in obedience, you may perhaps obtain eternal life, though, alas! None of you dare to pretend that you have attained it. You toil and toil and toil, but you never get that which you toil after, and you never will, for, “by the works of the law there shall no flesh living be justified”… The child of God works not for life; he does not work to be saved, he works because he is saved.

C.H. Spurgeon

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Eggs		Clay, Pot	10	Servings

INGREDIENTS

		Batter—-
16	oz	Reduced fat chocolate cake
		Mix
1	c	Water
1/2	c	Fat-free sour cream
2		Egg whites — whipped
8	oz	Fat-free cream cheese —
		Softened
1/3	c	Granulated sugar
2		Egg whites — whipped
1/4	c	Coconut
		Topping—-
16	oz	Reduced fat milk chocolate
		Frosting
8	oz	Fat-free cream cheese —
		Softened

INSTRUCTIONS

Soak top and bottom of a clay pot in water for at least 15 minutes. To
prepare batter, combine cake mix, water, sour cream, and 2 egg whites in a
mixing bowl; set aside. In another mixing bowl, combine 8 ounces cream
cheese,
sugar, remaining egg whites, and coconut. Line bottom and up sides of pot
with
waxed paper. Pour 1/2 of the chocolate mixture and spread cream cheese
mixture
on top. Pour remaining chocolate mixture over top. Cover and place in a
cold
oven. Set temperature to 400. Bake for 60 minutes.  Meanwhile to prepare
topping, combine frosting and remaining cream cheese in a mixing bowl. Mix
until smooth. If frosting is too thick add a little water. Spread over
cooled
cake.
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #148
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 11:34:59 -0500
From: matejka@bga.com (Anita A. Matejka)
Recipe By     : Cooking In Clay

A Message from our Provider:

“Don’t Wait For the Hearse to Take You to Church”

The twentieth century was the century of the self. Almost all virtues, especially love, were reinterpreted to put the self at the center. This means that almost all people are saturated and shaped with the conviction that the essence of being loved as a human is being treasured or esteemed. That is, you love me to the degree that your act of treasuring terminates on me… If they ask, “Do you treasure me or do you treasure Christ?” I answer, “I treasure Christ, and, desiring to treasure Him more, I treasure your treasuring Christ.” Without the miraculous work of the Holy Spirit removing human self from the center, this will not satisfy American people. They are so saturated with self-oriented love that they can scarcely conceive what true Christian love is. True Christian love is not my making much of them, but my helping them to enjoy making much of God. This is love. If my treasuring terminates on them I play right into the hands of the devil and their own self-centered destruction. But if my treasuring terminates on God and their treasuring God, then I direct them to the one source of all joy. And that act of directing them to God, their hope and life and joy, is what love is.

John Piper