Name: B-L-T Dip
Ingredients: CRANE WALDEN JFXBO8A; 1 lb Bacon; 2 Tomatoes, ripe, diced; 1 c Sour cream; 1 c Mayonnaise

Perhaps most of all, our children need to hear that we love them. And why do we love them? Simply because they are our children. Period! They do not earn our love, nor can they lose our love regardless of what they do. This is modeling the divine love of God. Why does He love us? Because He chooses to do so. The love is unconditional and not based on our performance. And the Bible says the only reason we love Him is because He first loves us (1 Jn. 4:19). And how did He show that loved? Through His own sacrifice. “In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins” (1 John 4:10). Children can easily see where your priorities are and where your love is directed.

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy		Appetizers, Entertain, Dips, Tvg	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

		CRANE WALDEN JFXBO8A
1	lb	Bacon
2		Tomatoes, ripe, diced
1	c	Sour cream
1	c	Mayonnaise

INSTRUCTIONS

Fry the bacon very crisp and drain on paper towels. When cool, crumble into
small pieces and set aside. Combine the sour cream and mayonnaise. Add the
bacon and mix well. Just before serving, fold in tomatoes and stir gently
until well distributed.  Posted by Crane Walden 2/93. Formatted by Theresa
V. Grant
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #337 by "Deborah Kühnen"
<DEBKUHNEN@classic.msn.com> on Dec 29, 97

A Message from our Provider:

“Perhaps it takes a purer faith to praise God for unrealized blessings than for those we once enjoyed or those we enjoy now. #A.W. Tozer”

Having lost the security of being rooted in the eternal reality of the Word of God, we are looking to busy activity to fill the void that has been created in our lives. And under that bondage to activity we find it difficult to linger with the Word simply for the joy of it. In fact, we may be afraid to stop our busyness lest it expose the shallowness of our lives. So we go on from activity to activity, from project to project. But activity is a dangerous source of fulfillment. Instead of finding our identity, our sense of self-worth, from our relationship with God, we begin to look to success in programs and other earthly indicators of success for our self-worth. But these will never satisfy. This will only enslave us more in our bondage to activity.

Ajith Fernando