God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
Here are a few suggestions to help you get started [with Bible meditation].
1. Prepare. Issues of posture, time and place are secondary, but not unimportant. The only rule would be: do whatever is most conducive to concentration.
2. Peruse. Read, repeat the reading, write it out, then re-write it.
3. Picture. Apply your imagination and senses to the truth of the text. Envision yourself personally engaged in the relationship or encounter or experience of which the text speaks.
4. Ponder. Reflect on the truth of the Word; brood over the truth of the text; absorb it, soak it in, as you turn it over in your mind.
5. Pray. At some point take the truth as the Holy Spirit has illuminated it and pray it back to God whether in petition, thanksgiving, or intercession.
6. Personalize. Where possible, according to sound principles of biblical interpretation, replace proper names and proper pronouns with your own name.
7. Praise. Worship the Lord for who He is and what He has done and how it has been revealed in Scripture.
8. Practice. Commit yourself to doing what the Word commands. The aim of meditation is moral transformation.
Nuts, chopped somewhat finely (walnuts, almonds, or pistachios)
Jam or preserves
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 350:F. Cream together the butter and sugar.
2. Add the flour and egg yolk and mix well.
3. Add the cream cheese and mix well.
4. Roll into balls about 5/8 inch in diameter. Place them on an ungreased
cookie sheet (the cookies don't grow when baked, so they can be somewhat
close together). Then press your thumb into each to flatten it and make an
indentation to hold some jam. Fill it with jam.
5. Sprinkle chopped nuts on rim of cookie.
6. Bake at 350:F for 15 to 20 minutes.
Posted to JEWISH-FOOD digest V96 #089
From: Brian Mailman <bmailman@hooked.net>
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 10:58:50 -0800
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