Name: Dirt Cake
Ingredients: 30 Oreo cookies; 8 oz Cream cheese; 1 c Powdered sugar; 1 Stick butter; 1 pk Small inst. vanilla pudding; 1 1/2 c Milk; 12 oz Cool whip

“Is discipline the same as punishment?” a young woman asked me. She was troubled by the idea of God wanting to “get even.” I gave her 1 Corinthians 11:32 (NEB) “When…we do fall under the Lord’s judgment, He is disciplining us, to save us from being condemned with the rest of the world.” God’s “punishment” of His children is never retribution, but rather correction. We know that we are indeed His beloved sons, sharing in the discipline that all sons share – for a high purpose, namely that we may some day share in His holiness, “attain life.”

Elisabeth Elliot

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy		Cakes	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

30		Oreo cookies
8	oz	Cream cheese
1	c	Powdered sugar
1		Stick butter
1	pk	Small inst. vanilla pudding
1 1/2	c	Milk
12	oz	Cool whip

INSTRUCTIONS

EVENING SHADE
Crush cookies in food processor or blender, fine (will resemble top soil).
Mix cream cheese, butter and sugar; set aside. Beat pudding, milk; stir in
cheese mixture; fold in cool whip. In a flower pot, layer cookies with
mixture, ending with cookies on top. Chill and serve with artificial flower
in pot. It's definitely a conversation piece! From the cookbook collection
of Joyce Burton .. PDPP83A.
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #2 by Stu <stalkofs@optonline.net> on Apr 2,
1998

A Message from our Provider:

“Give God what’s right — not what’s left.”

Why do any of us get upset or tense when confronted? Why do any of us activate our inner lawyer and rise to our own defense? Why do any of us turn the tables and remind the other person that we are not the only sinner in the room? Why do we argue about the facts or dispute the other person’s interpretation. We do all of these things because we are convinced in our hearts that we are more righteous that how than we are being portrayed in the moment of confrontation. Proud people don’t welcome loving warning, rebuke, confrontation, question, criticism, or accountability, because they don’t feel the need for it. And when they do fail, they are very good at erecting plausible reasons for what they said or did, given the stress of the situation or relationship in which it was done.

Paul David Tripp