Retire from the world each day to some private spot, even if it be only the bedroom (for a while I retreated to the furnace room for want of a better place). Stay in the secret place till the surrounding noises begin to fade out of your heart and a sense of God’s presence envelops you… Listen for the inward Voice till you learn to recognize it. Stop trying to compete with others. Give yourself to God and then be what and who you are without regard to what others think… Learn to pray inwardly every moment. After a while you can do this even while you work… Read less, but more of what is important to your inner life. Never let your mind remain scattered for very long. Call home your roving thoughts. Gaze on Christ with the eyes of your soul. Practice spiritual concentration. All the above is contingent upon a right relation to God through Christ and daily meditation on the Scriptures. Lacking these, nothing will help us; granted these, the discipline recommended will go far to neutralize the evil effects of externalism to make us acquainted with God and our own souls.

A.W. Tozer

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Grains, Dairy		Pasta-pd, Sauces-pd	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

12	oz	Peeled deveined shrimp, finely chopped, or lump crabmeat, picked over
2	tb	Unsalted butter
1	tb	Tomato paste
1	tb	Dry white wine
		Salt, cayenne pepper
2		Kirby cucumbers, seeded, cut into 1/4-inch dice
2	tb	Finely snipped chives
8	oz	Cooked squid ink pasta
1	c	White Sauce, recipe follows
3	tb	Butter
1/4	c	Flour
4	c	Milk
		Salt and pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

WHITE SAUCE
Saute shellfish in butter. Stir in tomato paste, dry white wine and
evaporate liquid. Add white sauce, bring to a boil and season to taste with
salt and pepper. Fold in cucumbers and chives and serve over ink pasta.
Yield: 4 servings
WHITE SAUCE: Melt butter. Whisk in flour and cook a minute. Slowly add
milk, whisking vigorously. Simmer for minutes or until thick and smooth.
Season to taste with salt and pepper. Cool to room temperature, with
buttered paper over top to prevent a skin from forming. Transfer to
containers and freeze until needed.
Yield: 4 cups
PASTA MONDAY TO FRIDAY SHOW #PS6545, Copyright, 1997, TV FOOD NETWORK,
G.P., All Rights Reserved
McBusted by Gail Shermeyer <4paws@netrax.net> on Mar 31, 1997
Recipe by: PASTA MONDAY TO FRIDAY SHOW #PS6545 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest
V1 #550 by 4paws@netrax.net (Shermeyer-Gail) on Apr 04, 1997

A Message from our Provider:

“Do not look to your hope, but to Christ, the source of your hope. #Charles Spurgeon”

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