Disturb us, Lord, when we are too well pleased with ourselves, when our dreams have come true because we have dreamed too little, when we arrive safely because we have sailed too close to the shore. Disturb us, Lord, when with the abundance of things we possess, we have lost our thirst for the waters of life; having fallen in love with life, we have ceased to dream of eternity; and in our efforts to build a new earth, we have allowed our vision of the new Heaven to dim. Disturb us, Lord, to dare more boldly, to venture on wider seas where storms will show your mastery; where losing sight of land, we shall find the stars. We ask you to push back the horizons of our hopes; and to push into the future in strength, courage, hope, and love.

Frances Drake

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs		Bar cookies	36	Servings

INGREDIENTS

		Crust-
1/2	c	Butter; softened
1/2	c	Brown sugar; packed
1	c	Flour
		Topping-
2		Eggs
1	c	Brown sugar; packed
1	ts	Vanilla
2	tb	Flour
1	ts	Baking powder
1/2	ts	Salt
1	c	Flaked coconut
1	c	Almonds; chopped

INSTRUCTIONS

These buttery bars are best when VERY fresh---and then they're
delicious.  Shortbread bottoms with pecan-coconut-toffee tops. An optional
layer of chocolate is recommended for chocoholics. Heat oven to 350.
For crust:  Cream butter and sugar.  Blend in flour. Press into bottom
of ungreased 9"x13" pan. Bake 10 minutes.
TOPPING: Beat eggs.  Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Pour
topping over baked crust.  Bake 25 minutes or until topping is golden
brown. Cool slightly and cut into
36    squares.
VARIATION:  Pour 2 cups of chocolate chips over warm shell before
adding coconut topping.
NOTE: These do NOT freeze well---they tend to dry out in the freezer.
Betty Crocker
Posted to Bakery-Shoppe Digest V1 #464 by angstrom@juno.com (Angela  L
Gilliland) on Dec 21, 1997

A Message from our Provider:

“Compassion is difficult to give away because it keeps coming back.”

It is the job of the church to baptize every true convert as “an outward symbol of an inward reality” and we must do that as soon as possible. But we must emphasize in the case of children and really every professing believer that it is valid converts we baptize, not just anyone who says he has believed. We find that knowing this is more difficult with children because they cannot express themselves as an adult would and because their experiences in life have not as clearly demonstrated that they have life from God. But we still cannot baptize those we only hope are Christians. So we must wait until we know, and then we will baptize as immediately as possible.

Jim Elliff