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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).
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    • Anderson House Taco Salad

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    Meats, Vegetables Tex-Mex Beef, Salads, Tex-mex, Vegetables 4 Servings

    INGREDIENTS

    2 Tomaotes; chopped up
    1 Onion; chopped fine
    1 Pace picante sauce, HOT

    INSTRUCTIONS

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:          A couple friends
:          Plenty of margaritas
:          Beer for the guys
2 lb Ground beef
1 pk Taco seasoning
8 oz Sharp cheddar cheese; shred
1/2    Head of lettuce; cut finely
1 pt Sour cream
1 pk Unflavored taco chips -OR-
:          - Taco salad bowls - shells
:          - to be baked in oven
Number one rule, invite friends over!!! Have a pitcher of margaritas
made and the beer cold!! Once friends arrive, start the festivities.
Put everyone to work. Brown the ground beef and drain; add the taco
seasoning and water according to the packet directions. While doing
this, have someone else chop the veggies and shred the cheese. If
using the taco salad bowls, bake them in the oven. If using taco
chips, smash them up. While working, pour margaritas and beers and
take sips every now and then. Supply bowls to place all the
ingredients in separately. When everything is done and ready to go,
sit down at table. Make sure everyone has a beer or margarita!! Pass
everything around and let everyone make their own mess (salad). One
last important thing - the GUYS get clean up duty!!!
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #9 by valerie@nbnet.nb.ca (valerie) on
Mar 11, 1999

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