Brussel Sprouts With Balsamic Vinegar

And as I looked upon that corpse [of Jesus], I heard a footstep, and wondered where it was. I listened, and I clearly perceived that the murderer was close at hand. It was dark, and I groped about to find him. I found that, somehow or other, wherever I put out my hand, I could not meet with him, for he was nearer to me than my hand would go. At last I put my hand upon my breast. “I have thee now,” said I; for lo! he was in my own heart! The murderer was hiding within my own bosom, dwelling in the recesses of my inmost soul. Ah! Then I wept indeed, that I, in the very presence of my murdered Master, should be harbouring the murderer, and I felt myself most guilty while I bowed over His corpse, and sang that plaintive hymn: “Twas you, my sins, my cruel sins, His chief tormentors were; each of my crimes became a nail, and unbelief the spear.” My sins were the scourges which lacerated those blessed shoulders, and crowned with thorns those bleeding brows. My sins cried, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” and laid the cross upon his gracious shoulders. His being led forth to die is sorrow enough for one eternity; but my having been His murderer is more, infinitely more grief, than one poor fountain of tears can express

C.H. Spurgeon

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables	Sami	Vegetables	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2	lb	Fresh brussel sprouts
2	T	Olive oil
2		Cloves garlic, peeled and sl
1		Medium yellow onion, peeled
1/4	c	Balsamic vinegar
2	T	Butter
		Salt and freshly ground blac

INSTRUCTIONS

Trim off the stems and remove any limp leaves from the Brussel
Sprouts. Blanch the sprouts in boiling water to cover for 5 minutes.
Drain and rinse under cold water to stop the cooking. Heat a large
frying pan and add the olive oil, garlic and onion. Saute a few
minutes until the onion just becomes tender. Add the blanched drained
Brussel Sprouts. Saute a few minutes until the Brussel Sprouts are
cooked to your liking. Add the vinegar and toss so that all the
sprouts are coated with the vinegar. Add the butter and salt and
pepper to taste and toss together again.  From Gemini's MASSIVE
MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 164 Calories From Fat: 71 Total Fat: 8.1g Cholesterol: 7.6mg Sodium: 324.1mg Potassium: 446.5mg Carbohydrates: 18.4g Fiber: 6.1g Sugar: 2.7g Protein: 6.2g

As we become soft and lazy in our bodies, we tend to become soft and lazy spiritually. When Paul talked about making his body his slave, so that after having preached to others he himself would not be disqualified, he was not thinking about physical disqualification, but spiritual. He knew well that physical softness inevitably leads to spiritual softness. When the body is pampered and indulged, the instincts and passions of the body tend to get the upper hand and dominate our thoughts and actions. We tend to do not what we should do, but what we want to do, as we follow the craving of our sinful nature.

Jerry Bridges