Senses

I love being a mother of a toddler. 3 words I would use to describe her are silly sweet and spongy! Spongy? Extra spongy - absorbing everything around her!  I love watching her learn things.  We have been playing "school" a lot in the past few weeks.  The other day I was teaching her about our 5 senses.  I gave her examples of how we use each sense... Seeing - Smelling - Hearing -Touching and Tasting.  As I explained each one, we talked about what life would be like without the ability to have that particular sense.

I remember telling her that if I had to give one up - I would choose smell.

Last night I woke up at 3:05 am and as I took a deep breath I was reminded about the sense of smell.  There must have been a very unhappy skunk right outside our bedroom window.  Before falling back asleep I spent a few minutes thinking about smells.

If my whole life was summed up in a smell... what would I smell like?  Would I be a fresh ocean breeze on a beautiful summers day? A colorful garden full of blooming rose bushes? A pan of chocolate chip cookies ready to come out of the oven? Would I give off a pleasant smell that would make people breath in extra deeply and smile a contented smile?  Or would it be a stinky smell making people wrinkle up their noses and walk the other way?

More important than what others think of me - what would God smell?

I like Ephesians 5:2 "Walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and gave Himself for us as an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savor."  Am I a sweet smelling savor to Him? If I choose to live a life that is a sweet smelling sacrifice to God - He will be pleased and others will be attracted to my smell as well.  My love for God and my genuine love for others and not giving in to my selfish desires and striving to please Him in all I say and do will enhance my fragrance.  I really want to have a good smell!  I know I need to work on a few areas that I have been trying to cover up with perfume or breath mints in order to hide some stench.

So, I will keep pondering my sense of smell and now as I am looking at it with new eyes - and I am not so sure I would give it up!

******Adding this comment in a day later...
At church this morning the message went right along with this!  (God is so funny.)
I took away a few things that I wanted to add to my blog- #1 - It is not about me!  #2 - I need to LOVE people as Christ loves them, even when it is difficult. #3 - Love is a verb.  I need to love with my actions.
All things that I know and have heard before but things that directly will enhance my aroma.