Name: No-Sugar Fruit/nut Muffins
Ingredients: 1 c Chopped dates; 1/2 c Raisins; 1/2 c Dried prunes; chopped; 1 c Water; 1/2 c Margarine; 1/4 ts Salt; 2 Eggs; beaten; 1 ts Vanilla extract; 1 c All-purpose flour; 1 ts Baking soda; 1/2 c Mixed nuts; chopped

Here is the Son of God, who in less than three years achieved far more than kings and generals had ever achieved in a thousand years, taking time out. Why? Well, He knew His needs and limitations – even He couldn’t work twenty-four hours a day seven days a week – and neither can we. But also He could have the confidence to do this because of His quiet, serene knowledge that His time was in His Father’s hands, that He wasn’t going to change the world by one endless round of activity, but by doing things in God’s time in God’s way.

Melvin Tinker

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Grains		Muffins	32	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Chopped dates
1/2	c	Raisins
1/2	c	Dried prunes; chopped
1	c	Water
1/2	c	Margarine
1/4	ts	Salt
2		Eggs; beaten
1	ts	Vanilla extract
1	c	All-purpose flour
1	ts	Baking soda
1/2	c	Mixed nuts; chopped

INSTRUCTIONS

In a saucepan combine dates, raisins, prunes and water. Bring to boil
and boil 5 minutes. Stir in margarine and salt. Set aside to cool.
Add remaining ingredients to fruit; stir just until dry ingredients are
moistened. Spoon into greased MINI-muffin pans. Bake in preheated
350-degree oven for 15 minutes. (If desired can bake in a greased 11 x 7 x
2-inch pan for 30 minutes.)
Yield: 32 mini-muffins.
Posted to EAT-L Digest 17 Sep 96
Date:    Wed, 18 Sep 1996 10:29:29 -0700
From:    Lou Eisenberg <[email protected]>

A Message from our Provider:

“Life Has Many Choices. Eternity Has Two.”

Displaying a Christmas nativity scene is a long-standing tradition, but it can also present a bit of a skewed view of the actual events of Jesus’ birth. While each person depicted in a traditional nativity scene is a part of the Christmas story, not all the characters were present in one place on the night Jesus was born. Mary, Joseph, and Jesus were in a stable that night due to the overcrowding in Bethlehem’s inn (Luke 2:7), but the Bible never mentions whether or not animals were present—in fact, it never even mentions a stable. The shepherds, once told of Jesus’ arrival, left their flocks to worship the newborn King (Luke 2:16). However, the angels, which are often part of nativity scenes, bore the good news to the shepherds in the fields (Luke 2:8–14). As far as we know, there were no angels flying visibly over the place where Jesus was when the shepherds arrived. In addition, the wise men (the Bible never says how many there were) were also probably not present that first night. The magi visited Jesus some time later, when He was in a house (Matthew 2:1–11).

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