The Bitter and The Sweet
"So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah [bitterness]. And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there He made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He proved them." (Exodus 15:22-25) God sent His servant Moses to lead Israel out of the bondage that they found in Egypt, and to bring them into the land that He had promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. God worked a great miracle of deliverance when He divided the Red Sea, and caused Israel to pass over in safety while Pharoah and all his host were drowned as they pursued after the Israelites to destroy them. What