Name: Pineapple and Bananas with Coconut Syrup
Ingredients: 1 c Brown rice syrup; 1 c Water; 1 c Coconut milk; 2 ts Rosewater, optional; 2 c Pineapple, peeled & chopped; 2 c Cantaloupe, seeded & cubed; 2 Bananas, sliced

Gossip leaves a wide trail of devastation wherever and however it goes – word of mouth, email, blogging, YouTube. It erodes trust and destroys morale. It creates a social environment of suspicion where everyone must wonder what is being said behind their backs and whether appearances of friendship are sincere. It ruins hard-won reputations with cowardly but effective weapons of misrepresentation. It manipulates people into taking sides when no such action is necessary or beneficial. It unleashes the dark powers of psychological transference, doing violence to the gossiper, to the one receiving the gossip and to the person being spoken against. It makes the Body of Christ look like the Body of Antichrist – destroyers rather than healers. It exhausts the energies we would otherwise devote to positive witness. It robs our Lord of the Church he deserves. It exposes the hostility in our hearts and discredits the gospel in the eyes of the world. Then we wonder why we don’t see more conversions, why “the ground is so hard.”

Ray Ortlund

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Fruits, Grains, Dairy	Thai	Desserts, Thai, Fruits	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Brown rice syrup
1	c	Water
1	c	Coconut milk
2	ts	Rosewater, optional
2	c	Pineapple, peeled & chopped
2	c	Cantaloupe, seeded & cubed
2		Bananas, sliced

INSTRUCTIONS

In a medium sized pot, combine syrup & water.  Bring to a boil, reduce heat
& simmer until the mixture thickens slightly, about 15 minutes. Remove from
heat. Stir in coconut milk & rosewater & chill for 1 to 2 hours. Arrange
fruit in a large serving bowl.  Pour syrup over the top & serve slightly
chilled or at room temperature.

A Message from our Provider:

“Let Him therefore send and do what He will. By His grace, if we are His, we will face it, bow to it, accept it, and give thanks for it. God’s Providence is always executed in the ‘wisest manner’ possible. We are often unable to see and understand the reasons and causes for specific events in our lives, in the lives of others, or in the history of the world. But our lack of understanding does not prevent us from believing God. #Don Fortner”