Here are a few suggestions to help you get started [with Bible meditation]. 1. Prepare. Issues of posture, time and place are secondary, but not unimportant. The only rule would be: do whatever is most conducive to concentration. 2. Peruse. Read, repeat the reading, write it out, then re-write it. 3. Picture. Apply your imagination and senses to the truth of the text. Envision yourself personally engaged in the relationship or encounter or experience of which the text speaks. 4. Ponder. Reflect on the truth of the Word; brood over the truth of the text; absorb it, soak it in, as you turn it over in your mind. 5. Pray. At some point take the truth as the Holy Spirit has illuminated it and pray it back to God whether in petition, thanksgiving, or intercession. 6. Personalize. Where possible, according to sound principles of biblical interpretation, replace proper names and proper pronouns with your own name. 7. Praise. Worship the Lord for who He is and what He has done and how it has been revealed in Scripture. 8. Practice. Commit yourself to doing what the Word commands. The aim of meditation is moral transformation.

Sam Storms

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy		Soup	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	oz	Butter
1	tb	All-purpose flour
4	lg	Tomatoes (diced)
1	sm	Onion (diced)
1	sm	Potato (diced)
1/4		Pepper (diced)
		Salt and pepper (to taste)
1/4	c	Milk

INSTRUCTIONS

submitted by: zarina@gopher.ccbr.umn.edu (Zarina Alloo, Minneapolis, MN)
Melt butter in a large pot; add the flour and saute till golden brown in
color. Add tomatoes, onions and potatoes. Stir to combine the ingredients
and add enough water to cover the vegetables. Add salt and cook over medium
heat till the potatoes are tender. Add more water if necessary, but do not
make it too watery. Cool the soup a little and then blend it. Return it to
the pot and add the milk, black pepper and bell pepper. Cook over low heat
till the bell pepper is tender.
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