Have you ever tasted gooseberry — (Tamil: nellikai)? Take a bite, and the first thing that hits you is sour, almost bitter. You chew through it for a few moments, and then a strange sweetness rises up right after. Nellikai carries a pack of nutrients that almost nothing else gives you, but to get those nutrients, you have to take the sour taste first. That is exactly what we experience in our walk with God. In this reading, we learn the bitter experience of Marah, and then th