Name: Italian Broiled Shrimp
Ingredients: 2 lb Jumbo shrimp; shelled and deveined with tails intact; 1/4 c Flour; 1/4 c Butter; 1/4 c Olive oil; 5 tb Parsley, fresh; minced; 2 tb Garlic, fresh; minced; 2 tb Butter; melted; 2 tb Flour; 1/2 ts Black pepper; freshly ground; 1 ts Lemon juice; 1 c Water, hot; 2 tb Butter; room temperature

In our thinking, we actually begin to believe that our ways are better than God’s. We take this created gift called sex and use it to question the Creator God, who gave us the gift in the first place. We replace God’s pattern with our preferences, exchanging what God’s Word says about sexuality for what our observation and experience say about it. Yet we’re blind to our own foolishness. It’s as if we’re living out Proverbs 14:12 – “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.” The real danger here is our claim to know better than God what is best for our bodies and to justify sexual sin as a result.

David Platt

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Seafood	Italian	Seafood, Italian	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	lb	Jumbo shrimp; shelled and deveined with tails intact
1/4	c	Flour
1/4	c	Butter
1/4	c	Olive oil
5	tb	Parsley, fresh; minced
2	tb	Garlic, fresh; minced
2	tb	Butter; melted
2	tb	Flour
1/2	ts	Black pepper; freshly ground
1	ts	Lemon juice
1	c	Water, hot
2	tb	Butter; room temperature

INSTRUCTIONS

BUTTER SAUCE
Dry shrimp and dust with flour.  Put butter and olive oil in a flat
baking dish and heat under a low broiler until butter is melted. Place
shrimp in baking dish and broil under low heat for 10 minutes. Add garlic
and parsley to the Butter Sauce.  Pour over broiled shrimp and stir until
shrimp are well coated. Return to broiler and broil under high heat for 2
to 3 minutes longer. Serve immediately. FOR THE BUTTER SAUCE: Bring all
ingredients except last butter to a boil, stirring constantly, and cook for
5 minutes. Add the butter and stir until melted.

A Message from our Provider:

“A spirit of thankfulness is one of the most distinctive marks of a Christian whose heart is attuned to the Lord. Thank God in the midst of trials and every persecution. #Billy Graham”

Through no fault or choice of my own, I am unable to express my sexuality in the beauty and intimacy of Christian marriage, as God intended when He created me a sexual being in His own image. To seek to do this outside of marriage is, by the clear teaching of Scripture, to sin against God and against my own nature. As a committed Christian, then, I have no alternative but to live a life of voluntary celibacy. I must be chaste not only in body, but in mind and spirit as well. Since I am now in my 60’s I think that my experience of what this means is valid. I want to go on record as having proved that for those who are committed to do God’s will, His commands are his enablings... My whole being cries out continually for something I may not have. My whole life must be lived in the context of this never-ceasing tension. My professional life, my social life, my personal life, my Christian life - all are subject to its constant and powerful pull. As a Christian I have no choice but to obey God, cost what it may. I must trust Him to make it possible for me to honor Him in my singleness. That this is possible, a mighty cloud of witnesses will join me to attest. Multitudes of single Christians in every age and circumstance have proved God’s sufficiency in this matter. He has promised to meet our needs and He honors His word. If we seek fulfillment in Him, we shall find it. It may not be easy, but whoever said that Christian life was easy? The badge of Christ’s discipleship was a cross. Why must I live my life alone? I do not know. But Jesus Christ is Lord of my life. I believe in the sovereignty of God, and I accept my singleness from his hand. He could have ordered my life otherwise, but He has not chosen to do so. As his child, I must trust His love and wisdom.

Margaret Clarkson