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Bitter is Better: A Lesson I Learned from Chocolate

By Katie Hornor

Bitter is Better!   Before you think I'm crazy and click away, please let me explain.

Bitter is Better: A Leson I learned From Chocolate

Bitter is Better

As a Youngster

I ate chocolate in any color or shape: white chocolate, milk chocolate, cocoa puffs,  chocolate chips, chocolate bark, chocolate bunnies, you name it. As long as it was chocolate and it was sweet I was all for it.

Once I was Married

After we were married and I began having children, all of that changed. My taste for the soft creamy milk chocolate and the strikingly sweet white chocolate disappeared. The dark bitter chocolate became the only one I could truly enjoy.

What Changed? 

I changed!  I'm not a scientist or a nutritionist, but as a mature adult, I understood the benefits of the antioxidants that the dark chocolate contained. I realized the dangers of higher sugar levels in the other chocolates. Through life experiences (and physical and hormonal changes) I had acquired a taste for the bitter. Bitter IS better! And to this day it remains my preference.

My Spiritual Life is Similar

In my spiritual life, I have found the same to be true.  As a young Christian, I wanted all the sweetness there was to be found. I desired the milk of the Word, the sweetness of the fellowship, the days when praise came easy. As I matured, and the Lord continued transforming my heart through life experiences and greater knowledge of Himself, I began to realize that Bitter IS better.

In the bitter times, I seek my Lord more. I depend on Him more and talk to Him more. I am more aware of my own shortcomings, and of His awesome greatness. It is in the God-ordained bitter times when He most often grows me and changes me to reflect more of Himself. In the bitterness, I taste more of the sweetness of His savor. Yes! Bitter IS better!

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. (I Corinthians 13:11)

Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. (2 Corinthians 2:14)

If you are in a bitter time, keep trusting. Seek the sweetness. God will not forsake you. Have you come through a bitter time?   Please share as an encouragement to others, I welcome you to share in the comments.

 

 

Filed Under: Biblical Encouragement Tagged With: Biblical Encouragement, Lessons Learned

About Katie Hornor

Katie Hornor is a busy wife and homeschool mommy of five. Just like you, she faces the everyday challenge of setting the tone for praise in her home. Katie knows that life can by messy, but she also knows we have a choice. At ParadisePraises.com she inspires other women to be the exception and live a life of intentional praise.

Comments

  1. Susie says

    December 18, 2014 at 23:55

    Love this post Katie!!! I’m a dark chocolate lover… now… You nailed it!

    • Katie Hornor says

      December 20, 2014 at 23:23

      Thanks for stopping by Susie. Always great to hear from a fellow chocolate lover 🙂

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