What do you do when you thirst for life's fresh experiences but all you seem to get is bitter water?
   Bitter experiences are those that are troubling, disturbing upsetting, unrewarding and disastrous. Most of us have had at least one bitter experience in the course of our lives. Those bitter moments are the ones that frustrated us and prompted us to throw up our hands saying, "What’s the use!”
   There are many people who have been wounded by so many bitter experiences that they themselves have become bitter and unbearable.
   When we become bitter we quickly become one of many characters we associate with bitterness: Ebenezer Scrooge and The Grinch quickly come to mind but there are many more that we know who are closer to home. Their faces are curled up and they are always frowning, complaining and rarely have a kind word to say.
   Sometimes our bitterness can make us unbearable.
   We should be encouraged to know that just as life can bring us to bitter water that our God can change bitter water into sweet water. The power of God can transform bitter situations to better situations. God can take bad and turn it into good, loss and turn it into gain.
   Therefore, we should not be overwhelmed by the bitter circumstances of this life because we are "more than conquerors” in Christ Jesus.
   As Christians, our goal in life is to trust God to help us turn bitter experiences into sweet water through his power.