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Bitter and Sweet
Our church just concluded season 4 of the Chosen. Season 1-3 taught about Jesus, His many lessons, and you got to know the disciples. Jesus taught many valuable lessons, but then in season 4 you venture into the darkness, into the bitter, into the difficult.
Mary Magdalene discussed in episode 8 how in Jesus’s life the bitter and the sweet were intermingled together.
When I was thinking of bitter and sweet I thought of chocolate chip cookies. Think about the recipe- butter, sugar, brown sugar, egg, vanilla, flour, baking soda, salt, chocolate chips. The result is sweet and delicious, but have you ever tasted baking soda or baking powder? Gross, bitter yucky!!! But you must have both to make a great recipe.
You must have the bitter and the sweet, the dark and the light, the good and the bad.
In the Bible, “bitter” can symbolize suffering, sin, or despair, while “sweet” represents divine blessing, joy, or salvation. The contrast is used to show how God can turn hardship into blessing.

