Roasted Parsnips And Onions

The One whose mercy flows freely to the undeserving is not a machine. He is not a mechanical Grace Dispenser. He is a Person. His smile is not an all-approving grin. He has moral sensitivities. We please Him, and we displease Him, moment by moment. Within the gospel framework of His grace, inside the relationship of His fatherly acceptance, He is fully capable of confronting us. Not rejecting us, not casting us off, but correcting us. Because He’s a good Father. I’ll take it further. The One who is for us (Romans 8:31) can also bluntly say, “I have something against you” (Revelation 2:4, 14, 20). The One who will never leave us nor forsake us (Hebrews 13:5) is also quite capable of saying to us, “We need to have a serious talk. It’s time for you to make some changes. If you will listen and follow, I will continue to use you. If you turn away, I will set you aside”... If your theology includes the message of justification by faith alone, I hope you will never back off from that. I hope you will keep that message central. But I also hope your theology includes another message – the grace of obedience fully pleasing to the Father.

Ray Ortlund

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables		Parsnips, Side dishes, Stewart, Vegetables	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	lb	Parsnips, ends trimmed
1	lb	Cipolline onion, peeled
1/4	c	Fresh rosemary
2	T	Extra-virgin olive oil
		Coarse salt
		Freshly ground black pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

Heat the oven to 425F. In a roasting pan, combine the parsnips,  onions
and rosemary. Season with salt and pepper. Add the olive oil  and toss
until the vegetables are thoroughly coated. Roast for 40 to  45
minutes, shaking the pan every 15 minutes, until the vegetables  are
deep amber. PER SERVING: 206 cals, 7.1 g fat (29.5% cff)  PANTRY:
Cipolline, sometimes called wild onions, are actually bulbs  of the
grape hyacinth. Since they can be somewhat hard to find even  when in
season during the autumn months, small yellow onions may be
substituted. [or shallots]  KitpatH TIP: Peeling is easier if we blanch
the onions first. Cut an  X on the root end of the cipollines; cook the
onion in plenty of  boiling water for about 1 mins. Remove; rinse in
cold water; peel.  Buster and Kitpath Nov 97  Recipe by: Healthy Quick
Cook by Martha Stewart (1997)  Posted to Digest eat-lf.v097.n294 by
KitPATh  <phannema@wizard.ucr.edu> on Nov 19, 1997

A Message from our Provider:

“The Will of God will never take you to where the Grace of God will not protect you.”

Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 3 Calories From Fat: <1 Total Fat: <1g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 73.2mg Potassium: 14mg Carbohydrates: <1g Fiber: <1g Sugar: <1g Protein: <1g

Apart from our union with Christ every effort to imitate Christ, no matter how noble and inspired at the outset, inevitably leads to legalism and spiritual defeat. But once you understand the doctrine of union with Christ, you see that God doesn’t ask us to attain to what we’re not. He only calls us to accomplish what already is. The pursuit of holiness is not a quixotic effort to do just what Jesus did. It’s the fight to live out the life that has already been made alive in Christ.

Kevin DeYoung