Name: Parmesan Herb Muffins
Ingredients: 2 c Unbleached Flour; 1 1/2 ts Baking Powder; 1/2 ts Sage Leaves, Crumbled; 1/4 c Grated Parmesan Cheese; 1/4 c Butter/Margarine, Melted; 1 tb Sugar; 1/2 ts Baking Soda; 1/2 c Chopped Fresh Parsley; 1 1/4 c Butter/Sour Milk; 1 Large Egg

Jacob is about to enter the Promised Land. He will be one of the venerated Patriarchs of the faith. But before Jacob can become Israel, the man must be broken. Jacob needs to learn that his life is to be one of continual striving with God, but doing it with full dependence on God. He will learn that with God there is a continual heat from the refiner’s fire, but through the adversity there is an unspeakable joy in the journey. And though God probably won’t be wrestling with any of us physically like He did with Jacob, there is a continual tension of finding our greatest peace when we are most intimate in close communion with God. At times we struggle, but in the pain we learn to submit to His will, allow Him to expose our defects, yield to the wounds He creates and then trust Him that the pain is for our greatest good as the “old man” is further put to death. If we act in the flesh and run away or defend ourselves or blame others or whine and complain, we’ll never experience this. As creatures so prone to follow our selfish instincts, there is a serenity that comes when God wrestles us to the ground, breaks us further of our pride and reminds us that our sufficiency is only in Him.

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Eggs		Muffins, Breads, Dinner	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	c	Unbleached Flour
1 1/2	ts	Baking Powder
1/2	ts	Sage Leaves, Crumbled
1/4	c	Grated Parmesan Cheese
1/4	c	Butter/Margarine, Melted
1	tb	Sugar
1/2	ts	Baking Soda
1/2	c	Chopped Fresh Parsley
1 1/4	c	Butter/Sour Milk
1		Large Egg

INSTRUCTIONS

Heat oven to 400 degrees F.  Grease bottoms of 12 muffin-pan cups or line
with paper baking cups.
Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off. In large bowl, combine
flour sugar, baking powder, baking soda, sage, parsley and cheese, blend
well.
Add butter/sour milk, margarine and egg; stir just until dry ingredients
are moistened.  Fill prepared muffin cups 2/3rds full.  Bake at 400
degrees F. for 15 to 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center
coumes out clean.  Serve hot.
  MICROWAVE DIRECTIONS:
Prepare muffin batter as directed above.  Using 6 cup microwave-safe
muffin pan, line each with 2 paper baking cups to absorb moisture during
baking.  Fill cups 1/2 full.  Sprinkle top of each muffin with cornflake
crumbs.  Microwave 6 muffins on HIGH for 2 1/2 to 3 minutes or until
toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, rotating pan 1/2 turn
halfway through baking.  Remove muffins from pan and immediatedly discard
outer baking cups.  Cool 1 minute on wire rack before serving.  Repeat
with remaining batter.
From The Redbook Bread Book and Farm Journal's Complete Home Baking Book.
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/muffins.zip

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“It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish that counts”

Philippians 2:6 declares Jesus “existed in the form of God.” Although Jesus never lost being God, His form at a point in time did change. Originally, He was in the form of God. He shared the same external features of the Father – commonly identified in the Old Testament as a shining light. He was clothed in garments of diving majesty and splendor. We see a glimpse of this at the Transfiguration. Hebrews 1:3 tells us that Jesus is “the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature.” This is emphasized because for Jesus (who is entirely glorious) to change in any way demanded a decent in His glory (humility!). Yet the One who existed in the form of God willing traded it for the “form of a slave” (Phil. 2:7). He left His glorious form for the ignoble form of man.

Randy Smith