A promise must be kept, even when it turns out to cost us more than we expected. Inconvenience does not dissolve obligation. Inconvenience makes promise-keeping all the more beautiful, even God-like. God is a promise-maker and a promise-keeper. He made us covenantal beings living in a covenantal universe. Our lives unfold with his beauty as we receive, believe, make and keep promises. It costs us. But it cost God too. His cross inspires in us the depth of personal character that doesn’t go with the flow but keeps a promise even when unforeseeable eventualities make it hard. The unforeseeableness of the future is the very reason why we make promises. It’s why promises are valuable. In a world of contingencies, promise-keeping is the glue that holds us together... Let’s cheerfully and wholeheartedly keep our word, no matter what. It’s the Christlike thing to do.

Ray Ortlund

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables		Breads, Quick	12	Muffins

INGREDIENTS

1/2	c	Chopped cranberries (raw) OR- blueberries
1/4	c	Honey or maple syrup
2	tb	Unrefined vegetable oil
3/4	c	Orange juice
1	c	AM Oat Bran
1	c	AM Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
1	tb	Non-alum baking powder

INSTRUCTIONS

(Yield: 12 large or 24 mini-muffins)
Place berries, honey, oil, orange juice in blender and blend slightly.
Mix dry ingredients.  Add liquid to dry and mix.  Fill oiled muffin tins
and bake at 400 F. for 20 to 25 minutes or until nicely browned.  The
smaller muffins rise better.
Source: Arrowhead Mills "Oat Bran Recipes" tri-fold
Reprinted by permission of Arrowhead Mills, Inc.
Electronic format courtesy of: Karen Mintzias
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/am.zip

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