Name: Barley Mushroom Casserole
Ingredients: 2 tb Unsalted butter; 2 Shallots; coarsely chopped OR; 4 Green onions; coarsely chopped; 4 oz Mushrooms; sliced; 3/4 c Pearl barley; 1 3/4 c Chicken broth; 1/4 ts Dried thyme; 1/4 ts Black pepper; 2 Green onion; including tops,slice; 7 minutes.

Your obedience is not the bedrock of your assurance. Given the remains of sin within us it can be profoundly difficult to give a clear measure of our own spiritual growth. In fact I have been known to argue that the better we get the worse we seem to ourselves. That is, as we grow in grace we grow in our capacity to see our own sin more deeply. Which the devil delights to use to discourage us. It is Christ’s obedience that secures for us our eternity.

R.C. Sproul Jr.

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats		Casseroles, Barley	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	tb	Unsalted butter
2		Shallots; coarsely chopped OR
4		Green onions; coarsely chopped
4	oz	Mushrooms; sliced
3/4	c	Pearl barley
1 3/4	c	Chicken broth
1/4	ts	Dried thyme
1/4	ts	Black pepper
2		Green onion; including tops,slice
	7	minutes.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Melt the butter in a 2 quart flame-proof casserole over low heat.
2. Add the shallots and saute, stirring occasionally until gold brown, 5 to
3. Add the barley, broth, thyme and pepper and bring to a boil over high
heat.
4. Reduce heat to low, cover ans simmer for 45 minutes, stirring
occasionally.
5. Stir in the sliced green onions and transfer to a heated serving dish.
Recipe by: Readers Digest Cook Now, Serve Later, 1989
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #1025 by njwwb <njwwb@ibm.net> on Jan 20,
1998

A Message from our Provider:

“People disappoint. God doesn’t.”

Augustine rightly said, 'Fear is the response of the human heart when its one thing is threatened.' God has blessed all of our lives with many good things. We are to enjoy them and acknowledge God in gratitude, but we dare not make these good things our 'one thing', for in doing so, they become idols in our hearts. Like Augustine said, when we foolishly make these good things our one thing, fear will result when they are threatened. As a matter of fact, fear, worry, and anxiety are a good indication that we have created idols and feel in danger of losing them. Therefore, Christ's goal is to pull our heart away from these false gods and place our heart on the true God. Do you remember how Jesus praised Mary over Martha? Why? Because she chose God as her one thing. 'But the Lord answered and said to her, ';Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things [and they were good things!]; but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her ';' (Lk. 10:41-42). So when God is our one thing, we never need to fear because our one thing is never threatened nor will He ever be removed from our presence.

Randy Smith