Moroccan Sweet Potato Pudding Topped With Meringue

No growing occurs, however, without the realization that we cannot progress in our faithfulness to God without the supernatural work of the Spirit. This acknowledgment keeps us from pride in our maturity, or from too hasty judgment of others’ spiritual condition. For instance, I can be tempted to take pride in my parenting by virtue of my children’s wonderful record of scholarship and conduct. However, I may learn upon my entry into heaven that the reason God so blessed me was that my faith was too weak to have persevered with the more troubled children of other Christian parents (whom I too frequently judge for the apparent failings). The challenges of raising a child are as much for the sanctification of the parents as they are for the benefit of the child. Perhaps this is the reason that childbearing and rearing come so early in our adult life cycle. Growing families are God’s pressure cooker to mature many of us quickly for the spiritual trials that he knows are ahead. Only the Spirit knows what is best for the spiritual nurture of each individual, and he matures us by means natural and supernatural that will be fully revealed to us only in glory. Our cause for rejoicing now, however, is faith that our union with Christ makes available to us the work of the Spirit that enables us to change.

Bryan Chapell

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Fruits	Moroccan		10	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	lb	Baked sweet potatoes or yams
2		Egg whites at room
		temperature
1/4	lb	Sliced almonds
		Optional: 5 oranges, halved
		fruit removed
1	c	Sugar
1	t	Vanilla extract

INSTRUCTIONS

From the rfcj newsgroup ...  Preheat oven to 350Â°F.  Place baked sweet
potatoes and almonds in food processor. Process  until smooth. Heat the
potato mixture in a non-stick frying pan.  Place 1/2 cup of the sugar
in a saucepan. Turn the heat up. Let the  sugar brown, stirring
constantly. Be careful it doesn't burn too  much. Try to achieve a warm
brown caramel color. When the sugar is  properly caramelized, pour
almost all of it into the hot sweet-potato  mixture. Stir it in
quickly, because the caramel hardens almost  instantly, scraping the
sides and bottom of the pan to include all  the sweet potato mixture
and as much of the caramel as possible.  Place the pudding into a glass
pie pan, individual ovenproof baking  dishes or scooped out orange
rinds.  To prepare the meringue, place the egg whites in a small mixing
bowl.  Mix at highest speed, until the whites are frothy and semi-stiff
peaks form when the beaters are lifted. Slowly beat in the remaining
sugar. Continue beating until the meringue is shiny and the peaks are
stiff. Stir in the vanilla.  Top the pudding mixture with the meringue.
Make peaks by touching the  meringue lightly with the spatula. Bake for
15 minutes in 350Â°F oven,  until the peaks are golden brown. Remove
from oven.  Reheat the remaining caramel in the pan. Drizzle this over
the top of  the meringue. Serve the dish warm.  From:
alotzkar@direct.ca (Albert)  Posted to JEWISH-FOOD digest V97 #230 by
jefffree@eskimo.com on Aug  12, 1997

A Message from our Provider:

“We ought to give thanks for all fortune: if it is good, because it is good, if bad, because it works in us patience, humility and the contempt of this world and the hope of our eternal country. #C.S. Lewis”

Prayer is not an elective but the principal element in the kaleidoscope of spiritual characteristics that mark a preacher. These traits unite into a powerful spiritual force; they build a spokesman for God. Jesus, the finest model, and other effective spokesmen for God have been mighty in prayer coupled with the virtues of godliness and dependence on God. The composite of spiritual qualities that centers in prayer is conspicuous of God’s long line of proclaimers in the Old Testament, the New Testament, and in church history, even to the present day. Some books on essentials for preaching slight prayer, but others acknowledge its invaluable role. Preachers who follow the biblical model take prayer very seriously. In sermon preparation, they steep themselves in prayer.

James Rosscup