According to the opening chapters of 2 Corinthians we see the progression from trials to the resultant joy. Consider how Paul’s life was filled with hardship: “Affliction” (1:4), “abundant…suffering” (1:5), “burdened excessively, beyond...strength” (1:8), “sentence of death within ourselves” (1:9), “sorrowful” (2:1), “affliction and anguish of heart” (2:4), “afflicted [and] perplexed” (4:8), “persecuted [and] struck down (4:9), “constantly being delivered over to death” (4:11), “beatings...imprisonments...tumults...labors...sleeplessness...hunger” (6:5), “dishonor [and] evil report” (6:8), “dying [and] punished (6:9) and “having nothing (6:10). And that only takes us through chapter 6! And might I add that most if not all of this was related to his faithful service to Christ. So how can you go from this agony to praise to God? Answer: It was Paul knowing that Christians need to “walk by faith [and] not by sight” (5:7). And it’s this faith that recalls that every promise of God is fulfilled to us in Christ (1:20). We know we are “established…and anointed…in Christ” (1:21). We are “sealed” and given “the [Holy] Spirit in our hearts as a pledge” (1:22). We are “reconciled to God” (5:20). As a result of these truths, we “do not lose heart” (4:1) because we are [controlled by] the love of Christ” (5:14)and through our trials we are learning in those trials to “trust [more]...in God who raises the dead” (1:9). So therefore while we are “sorrowful” as a result of trials, we are because of God's promises 'always rejoicing' (6:10).

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Meats, Eggs			1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1		Cake of corn bread *
2		Buttermilk biscuits *
1	ts	Salt
1/2	ts	Pepper
1	ts	Rubbed sage
1	ts	Poultry seasoning
1	lg	Onion, cleaned and chopped
2		Ribs of celery, cleaned and chopped
1/2	lg	Bell pepper, cleaned and chopped
2		Raw eggs
		Turkey broth

INSTRUCTIONS

*Recipes available if requested
Cook the onion, pepper and celery in a small amount of broth until tender.
Crumble the cornbread and biscuits in a large container and add the
seasonings. Add the cooked vegetables and mix well. Add the eggs when the
mixture is cool enough no to cook them. Add enough cool broth to make a
consistency like cake batter. Stir well. Pour mixture into 2 greased cake
pans. Bake at 475 for aprox. 1 hour, or until brown on top.
Posted to EAT-L Digest 25 October 96
Date:    Sat, 26 Oct 1996 19:14:13 EDT
From:    John A Morrow <morrowj@JUNO.COM>

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