Name: Chocolate Cream Cheese Cookie
Ingredients: 1 pk Cream cheese (light variety works too); 1/2 c Butter or margarine, softened; 1 Egg; 1 1/2 c Sugar; 1 pk Chocolate or mini chips; 2 1/4 c Flour; 1 1/2 ts Baking soda; 1/2 c Chopped nuts (optional)

God displays righteous jealousy (cf. 2 Cor. 11:2) that desires faithfulness from His spouse. If God cared not for His people, there would be no jealousy. But it is because He values an intimate relationship with His bride, the church, He is deeply grieved when we pursue other lovers. True love is rightfully jealous. God loves His people so much that He wants us totally for Himself in an exclusive relationship. He will not stand for spiritual adultery.

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Eggs, Grains			1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	pk	Cream cheese (light variety works too)
1/2	c	Butter or margarine, softened
1		Egg
1 1/2	c	Sugar
1	pk	Chocolate or mini chips
2 1/4	c	Flour
1 1/2	ts	Baking soda
1/2	c	Chopped nuts (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS

Beat cream cheese with butter, egg and sugar until light and fluffy. Melt 1
c of the chocolate chips. Stir into batter. Stir in flour, baking soda and
nuts, if desired, along with remaining chocolate chips. Drop from
tablespoon onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake one dozen at a time in 350
over 10 to 12 min or until firm around the edges. Remove from sheets;cool.
Makes 4 dozen.
Note** For a fancier cookie, reserve 1/4 c of the remaining chips. Melt and
drizzle over cookies.
Posted to EAT-L Digest 22 Aug 96
From:    Digest  Faye L <Faygie@AOL.COM>
Date:    Fri, 23 Aug 1996 17:58:12 -0400

A Message from our Provider:

“We can do nothing, we say sometimes, we can only pray. That, we feel, is a terribly precarious second-best. So long as we can fuss and work and rush about, so long as we can lend a hand, we have some hope; but if we have to fall back upon God — ah, then things must be critical indeed! #A.J. Gossip”

Personal benefits when conflict with others is handled properly: It has increased my tenderness to the pain and affliction of others. It has broadened my outlook that life is not as black and white as I often think. It has helped me to listen better and understand good perspectives that might differ from mine. It has encouraged me to search the Scriptures and be able to better articulate my beliefs. It has pushed me out of my comfort zone and increased my faith in God and in His Word. It has taught me to work harder to be a more effective communicator to express my feelings. It has helped me consider other people more important than myself. It has helped me understand that relationships are more important than the conflict and compromising (when biblically appropriate) is more important than being right. It has increased my love for unity. It has manifested the love and power and forgiveness of God both received and extended. It has taught me that my desires and plans do not lie at the center of the world. And in many cases, when resolved correctly, it has even strengthened the specific relationship.

Randy Smith