Name: Beef Paprika "Stew"
Ingredients: 2 md Onions; 2 sm Red or green bell peppers; 2 tb Cooking oil; 1 1/2 lb Ground beef; 1/2 c Beef stock or bouillon; 2 ts Sweet Hungarian paprika; 1/2 ts Caraway seeds; 1/2 ts Dried marjoram; 6 sm Peeled canned tomatoes; Salt and freshly ground; Black pepper to taste

God sanctifies us though our trials. It’s been said, the same boiling water will soften a potato, but harden an egg. Trials don’t naturally shape our hearts, but our response to them will make us either bitter or better. What is the Gospel-centered response to trials? To live the crucified life with our Savior. Growing in humility. Becoming less and He becomes greater in us. It’s making a name for Jesus and not ourselves. It’s finding greater identity with Him. In Philippians 3:10 Paul said, “That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings.”

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Grains	Hungarian	Main dish, Beef	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	md	Onions
2	sm	Red or green bell peppers
2	tb	Cooking oil
1 1/2	lb	Ground beef
1/2	c	Beef stock or bouillon
2	ts	Sweet Hungarian paprika
1/2	ts	Caraway seeds
1/2	ts	Dried marjoram
6	sm	Peeled canned tomatoes
		Salt and freshly ground
		Black pepper to taste

INSTRUCTIONS

Chop onions. Seed and slice peppers into 1/4-inch strips. Heat oil in large
skillet. Add onions and peppers and cook over med-high heat until onions
are soft. Add beef, raise heat, and brown, stirring. Drain off excess fat.
When beef has browned, add bouillon, paprika, caraway seeds, and marjoram.
Add tomatoes, squeezing them in your hand to break them up. Season with
salt and pepper and cook until serving time. Source: Keep It Simple -
30-minute meals from scratch
:          by Marian Burros
:          Pg. 177 From the collection of K. Deck

A Message from our Provider:

“Either Jesus pays or you do”

So when we call pain a problem, we claim we do not deserve it. We are even prepared to scuttle God to maintain our own innocence. We will say that God is not able to do what He would like, or He would never permit persons such as ourselves to suffer. That puffs up our egos and soothes our griefs at the same time. “How could God do this to me?” is at once an admission of pain and a soporific for it. It reduces our personal grief by eradicating the deity. Drastic medicine, indeed, that only a human ego, run wild, could possibly imagine.

John Gerstner