What Fragrance Are You Wearing
If you're a parent you know the effort it takes to get everyone into church on Sunday morning....dressed, fed, hair and teeth brushed...and all...on time. On good days you come strolling in with everything in its place, holding the hands of your littles walking beside you, with smiles all around. On the crazy, "alarm didn't go off" "woke up on the wrong side of bed" kind of days, you might be found running in, clutching your kiddos tightly, slinging your purse and diaper bag over your shoulder, just praying you can slip in the back door sight unseen once you've deposited your children in their Sunday School classrooms.
One morning I flew in...wrestling my purse, Bible, diaper bag and my oldest child, Cody. He was a toddler at the time. When I leaned forward to hand Cody off to the teacher, she said, 'you smell just like your mommy!' She asked me the name of the perfume I was wearing because she liked it so much. Side note: whether I'm in a hurry or have all the time in the world...I love hugging my kids. And when I had gotten Cody out of his car seat that morning I had hugged him tight. In that moment, I stopped the rushing and soaked in the sweetness of a quick compliment that reminded me of the gift I had to be able to hold tightly to my little boy.
I remembered that brief encounter, that happened years ago, the other day when I read 2 Corinthians 2:15 (NLT), "Our lives are a Christ-like fragrance rising up to God. But this fragrance is perceived differently by those who are being saved and by those who are perishing." When we lean in closer to Jesus we are the sweet fragrance of Christ to God. Others can also sense that there's something different about us that comes from spending time with the Lord. That fragrance has the ability to draw others toward God. It can also repel those who are running from God.
Our mission is to stay close to the embrace of Christ and keep allowing the fragrance of His presence in our lives to permeate the atmosphere of those we connect with throughout the day. The Holy Spirit will take care of the rest!
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