Christmas Eve Salad – We Love God!

Scripture never tells us to forgive ourselves. When we try to “forgive” ourselves, we are attempting the impossible. Forgiveness assumes an innocent party has been wronged, and it is the job of the person who has been wronged to forgive. The offending party is the one that receives forgiveness. We are the offender; God is the one who has been wronged, since our sin is rebellion against Him. By focusing on forgiving ourselves, we have taken the spotlight off of God and pointed it at us – making it doubly difficult to let go of our sin! He has forgiven us. We must simply receive that forgiveness and rest in it. That means releasing those sins we want to hold on to, refusing to revisit them in our minds, and allowing the truth of our forgiveness to cover us with His peace. Absolution from the Lord is far more powerful than absolution from oneself.

Charles Swindoll

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains	American		4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2		Beets, Cooked Peeled and
		Cubed
3	c	Jicama, Peeled and Cubed
		Available in most
		Produce
		Departments
4		Oranges, Peeled Sectioned
		and Cut into Chunks
1/4	c	Fresh Cilantro, Chopped
1/2	c	Peanuts, Chopped
		Salt and Freshly Ground
		Pepper to Taste
4		Lettuce Leaves, up to 8
2		Green Onions, Thinly Sliced
2	T	Honey
1/4	c	Fresh Lime Juice
1/2	c	Olive Oil

INSTRUCTIONS

Very few salad recipes utilized for the Holiday Season embody such a
variety of flavors and textures, and serve up as a green and red
holiday color-coordinated starter. Our Christmas Eve Salad is another
recipe in a collection of Holiday cooking from the American Southwest.
Get your pinatas ready and the guests gathered because this recipe is
a sure-fire way to taste the holiday flavors on the American
Southwest.  Combine beets, jicama, oranges and fresh cilantro in a bowl
and allow  to chill until ready to serve. Blend dressing ingredients in
a lidded  jar or mixing bowl. Just before serving, pour dressing over
salad,  toss to distribute dressing, then arrange on lettuce leaves and
top  with chopped peanuts. Happy Cooking from The Cook & Kitchen Staff
at  http://www.recipe-a-day.com  From The Cook & Kitchen Staff at
http://www.recipe-a-day.com by The  Cook
<owner-dailyrecipe@recipe-a-day.com> on Dec 09, 1997

A Message from our Provider:

“Jesus: Because with God only perfection will do”

Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 431 Calories From Fat: 316 Total Fat: 36.2g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 97.8mg Potassium: 395.3mg Carbohydrates: 25.2g Fiber: 7.2g Sugar: 13g Protein: 5.7g

We are all starved for the glory of God, not self. No one goes to the Grand Canyon to increase self-esteem. Why do we go? Because there is greater healing for the soul in beholding splendor than there is in beholding self. Indeed, what could be more ludicrous in a vast and glorious universe like this than a human being, on the speck called earth, standing in front of a mirror trying to find significance in his own self-image? It is a great sadness that this is the gospel of the modern world. The Christian Gospel is about 'the glory of Christ,' not about me. And when it is—in some measure—about me, it is not about my being made much of by God, but about God mercifully enabling me to enjoy making much of Him forever.

John Piper