Name: Long Grain Rice
Ingredients: 1 c Long grain rice; 1 ts Salt; 1 ts Butter; 2 c Water

Mediocrity is a sin not unlike the other sins we battle as Christians. And mediocrity, like all sins, begins in our hearts (Jas. 1:14). Mediocrity is one of those sins that we can’t blame on others. It starts with the sin of pride deep within us that spills over to indifference or selfishness and then reveals itself in mediocrity. Overall, it is a lack of faith in God. It is a lack of rightly understanding and then believing and then being overwhelmed by the greatness of our God. It is the failure to be amazed by God’s excellence. Simply put, less-than-excellent efforts are a result of not admiring a nothing-but-excellent God.

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains		Microwave	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Long grain rice
1	ts	Salt
1	ts	Butter
2	c	Water

INSTRUCTIONS

In 3 quart casserole, combine rice, salt, butter and water. Cook, covered,
12 to 14 minutes, stirring halfway through cooking time. Rest, covered, 10
minutes.
Posted to Bakery-Shoppe Digest by "CD" <poppy@connectcorp.net> on Apr 5,
1998

A Message from our Provider:

“Having convictions can be defined as being so thoroughly convinced that Christ and His Word are both objectively true and relationally meaningful that you act on your beliefs regardless of the consequences. #Josh McDowell”

Afflictions serve most effectually to convince us of the vanity of all that this world can afford, to remind us that this is not our rest and to stir up desires and hopes for our everlasting home. They produce in us a spirit of sympathy towards our companions in tribulation. They give occasion for the exercise of patience, meekness, submission, and resignation. Were it not for the wholesome and necessary discipline of affliction, these excellent virtues would lie dormant. Afflictions serve to convince us more deeply of our own weakness and insufficiency, and to endear the person, the grace, the promises, and the salvation of our Redeemer, more and more to our hearts. Thus we are taught to esteem His very chastisements as precious on account of the benefits we derive from them.

John Fawcett