Sweet Saints
“So he cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree. When he cast it into the waters, the waters were made sweet. There He made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there He tested them, and said, “If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord who heals you.”” Exodus 15:25-26 NKJV Prior to the taste disappointment at Marah, the discovery of water after a 3-day search in the wilderness of Shur would have generated a great excitement and another praise worship in the camp of the Israelites. But then, the bitter taste of the waters in Marah suddenly changed their thoughts of praise and worship into tissues of complaints. When hopes and expectations of people in our home, workplaces, society, and institutions are completely dashed, even the seemingly prayers of those who cl...