TEENAGE QUESTIONS
Each month in this column we will be featuring a letter from Mrs. Ruth Calkin. She will be answering ques tions from you, our readers, out of her experiences as youth counselor. She is the wife of Rollin Calkin, min ister of music and Christian Educa tion at First Baptist Church of Pomona. Dear Ruth, My pastor thinks it’s worldly for Christian girls to wear lipstick. What do you think? L.C. Dear L.C., Last week we gave our drab kitch en a fresh coat of paint. You should see it glow and sparkle now. If there is anything worse than a drab kitch en, it’s a drab Christian! Dear Ruth, How come there are so many two- faced hypocritical women in the church? Disgusted! Dear Disgusted, Hypocrisy in the church! But why stop there? Why even start there? Hypocrisy dates back to the garden of Eden. A hypocrite, according to Mr. Webster, is one who pretends to be what he is not. Look around. You’ll find full-fledged hypocrisy in every walk of life. Shyster lawyers, crooked politicians, quack doctors, gossipy neighbors are just a few examples. Whatever stops short of a total surrender to Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord is hypocrisy. Where does that put you and me?
Over the Coffee Cup
by Joyce Landorf
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H ere it is the month of Valen tines when, “Roses are red, Violets are blue, Everyone’s saying, ‘I love you!’ ” Well, maybe not everyone. It seems to me that many times in the past few weeks I ’ve read or heard of an UN-lovely act committed by one Christian woman to another. The very unkind thing said to a minister’s wife, or the bitter dis agreement between a chairman and a co-worker, and then there was the gal who phoned this week simply to gossip, but she said, “I’m telling you all about Mrs. X. so you can pray for her.” (Really?) All of us seem to be able to quote that beautiful love chapter from Corinthians, but sometimes we fail miserably in applying it. Perhaps we are not looking close enough in the Are you looking for a special way to make Valentine’s dinner glow and look pretty? Then try this delicious Strawberry jello recipe. If you’re really romantic, you’ll mold this jello in heartshaped molds! You’ll need: 2 packages strawberry jello iy2 cups boiling water 2 packages of frozen strawberrie 1 #2-can crushed pineapple Chopped nuts optional Small container of sour cream Method: Dissolve completely 2 packages strawberry jello in l x/2 cups boiling water. Add 2 packages of frozen straw-
Scriptures. So clearly the Old Tes tament says, “Create in me a clean heart oh God, and renew a right spirit within me.” The key word in this verse is “ME.” The Lord must start with MY heart and MY spirit. But what DO you do about the people you’ve tried (honestly tried) to love and simply can’t? First, clear the air between you and the Lord. A clean heart and a right spirit are absolutely necesary. Second, mention Mrs. So-and-So’s name to the Lord and admit you can NOT love her. Your failure is God’s success. Third ly, ask our Lord to love her through you. Even though you can’t, He can! I speak from experience and I know this really works. When it happens to you, the moment when you find God loving THROUGH you, it will be one of the loveliest experiences you’ve ever had! Try it this Valentine’s week. berries, break up and stir until completely defrosted. Add 1 #2-can of crushed pine apple (chopped nuts too, if wanted). Spread half of the mixture in a 9” x 13” pyrex dish or a ring mold. Let jell. Spread one small container of sour cream over set mixture, then add remaining mixture on top and let set. Serves 6 to 8. Our best hearts a n d flowers “thank you” to Margaret Sanders, talented organist and marvelous cook, for giving us this recipe.
STRAW BERRY SALAD
V erse for T oday I have a secret formula For when I ’m feeling blue; I sing a little song of praise Until the sun shines through. “Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you” (I Thessa- lonians 5:16-18).
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