Sweet - Tart

When was the last time you ate/enjoyed a cinnamon coated apple? Maybe at the County or State Fair? Maybe on vacation at a seashore boardwalk? Whevever it was, can you recall the taste right now?

The sweet and the tart together...or, more in line with the order in which the taste expereince goes: first the tart and then the sweet.

Its like that with so many things, isn't it? First the tart, then the sweet. I wonder how that plays out in our thinking about the Holy Week/Easter experience: The evil that displays itself as Jesus is tracked down and murdered because he is causing way too much consternation for the political and religious establishments...the slaughter of the innocent...and then, when its all over, upon reflection (and through the eyes of hope and faith), the sweet belief that evil has not overcome good, wrong has not prevailed against right, even death has no victory over life...what a powerful jolt to the senses!

Happy Easter! Enjoy one of life's real sensual treats...just remember to be ready to taste the tart before the sweet!