Stinks and Fragrances

Baking cookies.
Fresh Bread.
Melting chocolate.
Baking apples and cinnamon.
Turkey and Dressing.
Baby powder.
Roses.
Real Christmas trees.
Redken's Bodyful Shampoo
Vanilla candles.
Armani Code.

Fragrances have power. They can cause me to remember. They can cause me to simply stop and enjoy the moment. They can lift my mood (especially if chocolate is involved). They can send me a different direction if the odor is foul.

I'm reminded of the smell of death which is unmistakable. If you've ever had a dead mouse trapped in the walls of your house like I have, it is an odor that can not be missed or covered up. It is an odor that permeates its stench into your nostrils and there is no escape. Since the smell is so horrible, the only choice is to run the other way.

But what about the good fragrances? The odors we are attracted to, enjoy and want to be near?

"But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him. For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. To the one we are the smell of death; to the other, the fragrance of life. And who is equal to such a task?" 2 Corinthians 2: 14-16

The world needs the sweet smell of Christ because the stench of the wages of sin is unbearable. Grab your perfume bottle. Put on Christ. Spread His fragrance.

No one likes stinky people.