Eggplant-parsnip Delight

Here we commemorate the greatest and deepest demonstration of true love the world has ever known. For God looked down upon sorrowing, struggling, sinning humanity and was moved with compassion for the contrary, sheep-like creatures He had made. In spite of the tremendous personal cost it would entail to Himself to deliver them from their dilemma He chose deliberately to descend and live amongst them that He might deliver them. This meant laying aside His splendor, His position, His prerogatives as the perfect and faultless One. He knew He would be exposed to terrible privation, to ridicule, to false accusations, to rumor, gossip and malicious charges that branded Him as a glutton, drunkard, friend of sinners and even an imposter. It entailed losing His reputation. It would involve physical suffering, mental anguish and spiritual agony. In short, His coming to earth as the Christ, as Jesus of Nazareth, was a straightforward case of utter self-sacrifice that culminated in the cross of Calvary. The laid-down life, the poured-out blood were the supreme symbols of total selflessness. This was love. This was God. This was divinity in action, delivering men from their own utter selfishness, their own stupidity, their own suicidal instincts as lost sheep unable to help themselves.

Phillip Keller

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs		Digest, Fatfree, Feb95	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1		Eggplant
1		Parsnip
		Issue 2] Feb. 2, 1995.

INSTRUCTIONS

Wash eggplant and parsnip.  Slice eggplant across the width in 1/2
inch segments.  Discard stem.  Slice parsnip across the width in 3/8
inch segments.  Discard stem.  Arrange eggplant slices on nonstick
baking pan or dish.  Arrange parsnip slices evenly across top of
eggplant slices. Add no oil (fatfree).  Add no sugars (diabetic  free).
Add no salt (hypertension free).  Add modest amounts of  whatever leafy
spice you feel might improve flavor, if desired.  Bake  in 350 degree
oven for 45 minutes or until product is of desired  texture (adding a
small amount of distilled water and covering dish  while cooking might
help).  Serves undetermined number of masochists for an undetermined
number  of days or weeks.  Source: original recipe  Posted by
Methuselah <lazarus@netaxs.com> to the Fatfree Digest  [Volume
Individual recipes copyrighted by originator. FATFREE Recipe
collections copyrighted by Michelle Dick 1995. Formatted by Sue Smith,
SueSmith9@aol.com using MMCONV. Archived through kindness of Karen
Mintzias, km@salata.com.  1.80Ã¡  File
ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/fatfreex.zip

A Message from our Provider:

“Your pain touches God’s heart”

Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 315 Calories From Fat: 14 Total Fat: 1.6g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 35.9mg Potassium: 2050.1mg Carbohydrates: 75g Fiber: 26.8g Sugar: 29g Protein: 7.7g

The counter-intuitive truth that the depressed person needs to hear isn’t “you’re really a wonderful person,” but rather, “you’re more sinful and flawed than you ever dared believe.” When he bemoans that he’s “such a failure,” we should agree with him, at least on one level. We should all agree that we’re all failures to the point that the perfect Son of God had to die before we would be able to have fellowship with Him… In a nutshell, we have to intentionally consider Jesus, especially during those dark hours we’re tempted to think only of ourselves. And although every one of us needs a daily dose of Gospel-recapitulation, those of us who feels the blows of Giant Despair need it even more.

Elyse Fitzpatrick