But Pastor, doesn’t the verse teach that I am to love myself? Doesn’t it say to love your neighbor “as yourself?” Yes it does. So shouldn’t we then teach, as many secularists do that we cannot love others until we learn to first love ourselves? Answer: no. Because everything about the Christian faith is a death to self. 1 Corinthians 13:5, “Love “does not seek its own.” There is nothing supernatural about loving yourself. Jesus Christ did not deny Himself and give up Himself to make us learn to love ourselves more. He died because we already love ourselves too much! We are experts at putting ourselves first. Ephesians 5:29, “For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it.” So this is not a command for self-love. This is an assumption that we already love ourselves (not of which all is evil) and the way we love ourselves already is to be the example of how we are to love others.

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Dairy		Crs, Totest, Post	16	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Chopped onion
1	c	Chopped green pepper
1	c	Chopped celery
1	lb	Butter
2	lb	Lump crabmeat
1/2	c	Chopped parsley
4	ts	Salt, divided
1	ts	Tabasco
2		Lemons, juice of
1	cn	(2oz) pimento, drained and
		Chopped
1	cn	(16oz) mushrooms drained
1	c	Sherry
1		Cflour
1	ts	Pepper
4	c	Milk
1	c	Cracker crumbs

INSTRUCTIONS

Cook onion, pepper and celery in half of the butter; do not brown. Remove
from the heat and combine with crab, parsley, 2 teaspoons salt, Tabasco,
lemon juice, pimentos, mushrooms, and sherry.
Combine flour, remaining salt, and pepper in double boiler. Slowly stir in
milk and cook until mixture is smooth, stirring. Remove from heat and stir
in butter until melted. Combine with crab mixture.
Pour into casserole and sprinkle with crumbs. Bake in a preheated 325F.
oven for 20 minutes.
  NOTES:
May be assembled ahead of time and chilled. This recipe is easily doubled.
Women's Circle May/June 92
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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