Name: Pad Thai
Ingredients: 8 oz Rice Vermicelli; 3 tb Oil; 3 Garlic cloves, minced; 1/4 c Dried Shrimp; 1/4 c Fish sauce; 1/4 c Sugar; 2 tb Tamarind juic (Lemon or lime may be substituted); 1 tb Paprika; 1/2 c Fried tofu; 2 tb Dried, unsalted turnip, cut into small pieces; 1 Egg, beaten; 1/4 c Chives, cut in 1 in lgths; 1/4 c Ground roasted peanuts; 1 c Bean sprouts; 1/2 c Bean sprouts; 1/2 c Chopped chives; 1/2 Lime, cut in wedges

No one, not even the unredeemed, are ultimately outside the will of God (Pr. 16:4; Rom. 9:14-18; 1 Pet. 2:7-8). They are not forced to be lost, but choosing to reject God’s offer of mercy does not somehow free them from the control of God. Even their rejection has been included in the eternal plan of God. This is perhaps the worst part of it for them. In their attempt to be free from God by rejecting Him, even if at the cost of their own souls, they find that there is no such thing. The net of God’s providence includes even the vain attempt to be outside the net.

Walter Elwell

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Seafood, Eggs, Grains	Thai	Thai, Pasta, Stir-fry	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

8	oz	Rice Vermicelli
3	tb	Oil
3		Garlic cloves, minced
1/4	c	Dried Shrimp
1/4	c	Fish sauce
1/4	c	Sugar
2	tb	Tamarind juic (Lemon or lime may be substituted)
1	tb	Paprika
1/2	c	Fried tofu
2	tb	Dried, unsalted turnip, cut into small pieces
1		Egg, beaten
1/4	c	Chives, cut in 1 in lgths
1/4	c	Ground roasted peanuts
1	c	Bean sprouts
1/2	c	Bean sprouts
1/2	c	Chopped chives
1/2		Lime, cut in wedges

INSTRUCTIONS

           GARNISH:
Soak noodles in cold water for 2 hours, until soft. Drain and set
aside.Heat a large skillet until hot, then add oil. Add the garlic and
dried shrimp and stirfry. Add the noodles and stirfry until translucent. It
may be necessary to reduce the heat if the mixture is cooking too quickly
and the noodles stick.Add fish sauce, sugar, tamarind juice and paprika.
Stirfry mixture until combined. Stir in the tofu, turnip and egg. Turn the
heat to high and cook until the egg sets, stirring gently. Thoroughly
combine the mixture and continue cooking over medium-high heat for about 2
minutes, until most of the liquid is reduced.Mix in the chives, peanuts and
Place on a serving dish, arrange the garnishes attractively and serve.
Makes four servings.Note: To make fried tofu, chop tofu into 1/2 inch
squares and fry in oil on both sides until golden brown.From Thailand the
Beautiful Cookbook, as printed in the Phila. Inquirer, 8/19/92.

A Message from our Provider:

“Christian ARE better BECAUSE they are forgiven.”

There is a vast difference between such an affection and that selfish and unhallowed friendship to God which terminates on our own happiness as its supreme motive and end. If a man in his supposed love to God has no ultimate regard except to his own happiness, if he delights in God not for what He is but for what He is to him, in such a sentiment there is no moral virtue. There is indeed great love of self but no true love of God. But where the enmity of the carnal mind is slain, the soul is reconciled to the divine character as it is. God Himself in the fullness of His manifested glory becomes the object of devout and delighted contemplation. In his more favored hours, the views of a good man are in a great measure diverted from himself. As his thoughts glance toward the varied excellence of the deity, he scarcely stops to inquire whether the being whose character fills his mind and in comparison of whose dignity and beauty all things are atoms and vanity will extend his mercy to him. His soul cleaves to God and in the warmth and fervor of devout affection, he can often say, “Whom have I in heaven but Thee, and there is none on the earth that I desire beside Thee, as the hart pants after the waterbrooks, so pants my soul after Thee, O God.”

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