To help prevent spiritual pride, let us remember, that we did not chose Christ, but were chosen by Him. We have nothing but what has been given to us. The free grace of God has alone made the difference between us and others; and, if God was to leave us to the deceitfulness of our own hearts for even one moment, we would become weak and wicked, like other men. We should further consider, that being proud of grace, is the quickest way to diminish it.

George Whitefield

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		Pastrys	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/2	c	Packed brown sugar
2	ts	Cinnamon
1/2	c	Finely chopped pecans
2	tb	Butter; softened
1	c	Whole dates; chopped
1/2	c	Orange juice
1	tb	Grated orange rind
1	tb	Sugar

INSTRUCTIONS

DATE ORANGE FILLING
For Cinnamon Pecan Filling: In a small bowl, combine brown sugar, cinnamon
and nuts; mix well. Spread rectangle with butter. Sprinkle with Filling.
For Date Orange Filling: In a small saucepan, combine all ingredients.
Bring to a boil. Simmer about three minutes, until thickened; cool
completely. If Filling is too thick to spread, add orange juice to thin.
Posted to recipelu-digest by "Diane Geary." <diane@keyway.net> on Feb 4,
1998

A Message from our Provider:

“Been misunderstood? Imagine how God feels”

There is no use trying to be more spiritual than God. God never meant man to be a purely spiritual creature. That is why He uses material things like bread and wine to put the new life into us. We may think this rather crude and unspiritual. God does not: He invented eating. He likes matter. He invented it. I know some muddle-headed Christians have talked as if Christianity taught that sex, or the body, or pleasure, were bad in themselves. But they were wrong. Christianity is almost the only one of the great religions which thoroughly approves of the body – which believes that matter is good, that God Himself once took on a human body, and that some kind of body is going to be given to us even in Heaven and is going to be an essential part of our happiness, our beauty, and our energy.

C.S. Lewis