God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
What is the reason that some believers are so much brighter and holier than others? I believe the difference, in nineteen cases out of twenty, arises from different habits about private prayer. I believe that those who are not eminently holy pray little, and those who are eminently holy pray much.
Affliction is one of God's medicines! By it He often teaches lessons which would be learned in no other way. By it He often draws souls away from sin and the world, which would otherwise have perished everlastingly. Health is a great blessing but sanctified disease is a greater. Prosperity and worldly comfort, are what all naturally desire, but losses and crosses are far better for us if they lead us to Christ. Let us beware of murmuring in the time of trouble. Let us settle it firmly in our minds, that there is a meaning, a “needs be”, and a message from God in every sorrow that falls upon us. There are no lessons so useful as those learned in the school of affliction. There is no commentary that opens up the Bible so much as sickness and sorrow. The resurrection morning will prove, that many of the losses of God’s people were in reality, eternal gains. Thousands at the last day will testify with David, “It is good for me that I have been afflicted” (Psalm. 119:71)!
VINAGRETTE DRESSING
Arrange lettuce on individual salad plates. Combine oil, vinegar, mustard,
salt and pepper; mix well. Toast sesame seeds in 350 oven in flat pan for
10-12 minutes or until golden. Immediately before serving, drizzle dressing
over lettuce; top with sesame seeds. Yield 4 servings.
Recipe by: Taste of Home
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #997 by L979 <L979@aol.com> on Jan 8, 1998
A Message from our Provider:
“God cares”
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