Lima Beans With Aji Chiles

To concentrate on service and activity for God may often actively thwart our attaining of the true goal, God Himself. At first sight it seems heroic to fling our lives away in the service of God and of our fellows. We feel it is bound to mean more to Him than our experience of Him. Service seems so unselfish, whereas concentrating on our walk with God seems selfish and self-centered. But it is the very reverse. The things that God is most concerned about are our coldness of heart towards Himself and our proud, unbroken natures. Christian service of itself can, and so often does, leave our self-centered nature untouched… With those things hidden in our hearts, we have only to work alongside others, and find resentment, hardness, criticism, jealousy, and frustration issuing from our hearts. We think we are working for God, but the test of how little of our service for Him is revealed by our resentment or self-pity… We need to leave our lusting for ever-larger spheres of Christian service and concentrate on seeing God for ourselves and finding the deep answer for life in Him.

Roy Hession

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Grains		Ecuador, Vegetables	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1		Leek, white part only
		finely chopped
2		Aji chiles, fresh stems
		and seeds removed minced
		Serrano chiles as substitute
2	T	Butter
1	T	Olive Oil
1	lb	Lima Beans, baby fresh
		or frozen thawed 4cups
		do not use dried beans
1/2	c	Water, could use 1 cup
1	T	Lemon Juice, fresh squeezed
1	t	Lemon or Lime zest
1/4	t	Salt
1/4	t	Black Pepper, freshly ground

INSTRUCTIONS

Saute the leek and ajis in 1 Tb of the butter and the olive oil for 30
seconds. Add the Lima beans, water, and the citrus juice; bring to a
boil, then reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 8 to 10 minutes or
until the beans are tender. Mix the 1 tb of butter with the citrus
zest and the salt and pepper. Drain the beans and add the butter
mixture. Simmer for a minute and stir to coat the beans.  From Gemini's
MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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“The rapture! Separation of church and state”

There is a radical distinction between natural regret and God-given repentance. The flesh can feel remorse, acknowledge its evil deeds, and be ashamed of itself. However, this sort of disgust with past actions can be quickly shrugged off, and the individual can soon go back to his old wicked ways. None of the marks of true repentance described in 2 Corinthians 7:11 are found in his behavior. Out of a list of 10 men in the Bible who said, “I have sinned,” we believe only five actually repented. They were David (2 Sam. 12:13), Nehemiah (Neh. 1:6), Job (Job 42:5,6), Micah (Micah 7:9), and the prodigal son (Luke 15:18).

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