Soupe L’ail (garlic Soup)

What does it mean when we read of Christians needing to “all agree” (1 Cor. 1:10) and be “of the same mind” (Phil. 2:2)? On the lowest level, all of us have personal interests with no spiritual significance. I like to call these “preferences.” Your favorite ice cream flavor. Where you choose to vacation. What you think makes a person attractive. Unless you are an egotistical moron, you respect the phrase, “to each their own.” On the middle level are non-salvific spiritual conclusions on how to live your life. These are the issues where Christians must decide, but often (even within the same church) have different perspectives. I call these “convictions,” or we could say “non-essentials.” Watching movies. How to school your children. Women’s clothing. What to do with Halloween. In these things, we respect another’s freedom (or liberty) in Christ. Then at the top level are the essentials for salvation and church unity. The doctrine of justification by faith. Obeying the Bible. Sharing Christ with others. These are the essentials and it’s in these things and these things alone we have unity – total agreement.

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs		Soups	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

5		Garlic cloves or more
2	T	Olive oil
1	pn	Saffron
1/2		Bay leaf
1	pn	Thyme, dried
2		Egg yolks
1	qt	Water
		Salt and pepper to taste
1	ds	Nutmeg

INSTRUCTIONS

Heat oil in a 2 quart saucepan and sautee the garlic cloves until
golden. Add water, salt pepper, bay leaf, and thyme. Cook 15 minutes.
Beat the egg yolks with a small amount of the broth and add gradually
to the soup, mixing in with a wire whisk.  Remove garlic cloves.  Place
a slice of toasted bread in the bottom of each soup bowl, pour  in the
soup, and sprinkle with a dash of nutmeg. Serve hot.  Courtesy of
Yvonne Boulleray. Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #256 by  Jack Elvis
<jackelvis@moonlink.net> on Sep 25, 1997

A Message from our Provider:

“The thankful heart sees the best part of every situation. It sees problems and weaknesses as opportunities, struggles as refining tools, and sinners as saints in progress. #Francis Frangipane”

Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 93 Calories From Fat: 80 Total Fat: 9g Cholesterol: 90.1mg Sodium: 11.9mg Potassium: 27.5mg Carbohydrates: 1.6g Fiber: <1g Sugar: <1g Protein: 1.6g

There is nothing - no circumstance, no trouble, no testing - that can ever touch me until, first of all, it has gone past God and past Christ right through to me. If it has come that far, it has come with a great purpose, which I may not understand at the moment. But as I refuse to become panicky, as I lift up my eyes to Him and accept it as coming from the throne of God for some great purpose of blessing to my own heart, no sorrow will ever disturb me, no trial will ever disarm me, no circumstance will cause my to fret - for I shall rest in the joy of what my Lord is! That is the rest of victory!

Alan Redpath