Name: Littlenecks in Black Bean Sauce
Ingredients: 10 Fresh littleneck clams in shells; 2 Thin slices fresh ginger; 1/2 Clove garlic; 1 ts Salted black beans; minced; 1 ts Diced red peppers; Corn starch and water; (equal parts); 1 tb Corn oil; 1 tb Oyster sauce; 1 ts Dark soy sauce; 1 ts Sugar; 1 ds Pepper; Thin sliced green onions

Godly concern is caring about important things for the right reasons. It is also accompanied by a trust in God's ultimate control and faithfulness. This kind of concern helps you be responsible to God and does not send you into a confused status. It will involve a focus on the responsibilities for today, eternal goals and others... For your concern to be the right kind of concern you must be focused on what is true and helpful from God's perspective (see 1 Cor. 7:32-33; 2 Cor. 11:28; Phil. 2:20)... [However], ungodly concern (anxiety) goes beyond reasonable concern and involves worry about mere possibilities. When we are anxious, we are not focused on God and what is true and helpful. When we are anxious, we are often concerned that something we want to happen may not happen. Therefore, we are focused on difficulties of the future, temporal matters, and self (see Mt. 6:31-32).

Stuart Scott

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Seafood, Grains		Seafood	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

10		Fresh littleneck clams in shells
2		Thin slices fresh ginger
1/2		Clove garlic
1	ts	Salted black beans; minced
1	ts	Diced red peppers
		Corn starch and water; (equal parts)
1	tb	Corn oil
1	tb	Oyster sauce
1	ts	Dark soy sauce
1	ts	Sugar
1	ds	Pepper
		Thin sliced green onions

INSTRUCTIONS

Braise littlenecks in 2 cups water until shells open. Save broth. Saute
garlic, ginger, and black beans in corn oil. Add clam broth. Bring to boil
and reduce by 1/4. Add oyster sauce, soy sauce, sugar and pepper. Slowly
add cornstarch mixture to thicken, stirring constantly. Add red pepper and
green onions and littlenecks into sauce. Serve atop rice, noodles, or
spaghetti.
Posted by JoAnn Pellegrino 5/98
Recipe published in Rhode Island Monthly Magazine July 1995
NOTES : Any small, hard shelled clam may be used.
Recipe by: Islander Restaurant Warwick RI
Posted to KitMailbox Digest  by J Pellegrino <gigimfg@ix.netcom.com> on May
28, 1998

A Message from our Provider:

“Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.#Abraham Lincoln”

I have tried to say with as much clarity as possible, and often, that the assurance a (child) has that he or she is actually a Christian does not have to do with praying a prescribed prayer, being affirmed by a Christian leader, walking an aisle, signing a card or raising a hand, but whether that person has life from God… What are these signs of life? 1. There is the sign of repenting and believing itself. The dead boy or girl now trusts Christ as his or her only hope for heaven. There is no mixture of trust in self or works or religion, but only in Christ and what He has done and will do. 2. There is a new valuing of the Scriptures. I cannot say this clearly enough. If I am to know you, I will know you principally by your words as you express yourself and communicate your thoughts. God’s Word is His principal communication of Himself. But it is more than just the words themselves that is important in this change. It is the Spirit working in the words that gives understanding and that “knowing” of Christ. Christ said, “It is written in the Prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me” (John 6:45). This is granted – and not to all (Matthew 13:11). 3. There is obedience from the heart. All kids may be taught to obey like Pavlov’s dogs. If there is enough discipline and incentive, any child can straighten up. And, it is right for parents to expect this obedience even from unconverted children. Yet, when a child is made alive there is a new sensitivity to sin and a new and higher motivation and inner compulsion to obey. You will see obedience from the heart as if the child were newly constituted. In fact, he is. I am not saying that he will be perfect, any more than you are. But something has taken place on the inside that is unmistakable.

Jim Elliff