The Aroma Of Christ

I'm not sure I ever thought of myself as an aroma. Paul in II Cor. 2:15 said, "we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved."

There are a few people I might call "stinkers", and at times, I might even concede that I qualify for that name too, but to be a good "aroma"...that is quite a challenge.

Paul also goes on to say that we are to be a "fragrance from life to life" (vs.16) so that through our example, others might find new life. Unfortunately we can also be a"fragrance from death to death". Because of my failures and my weaknesses, other folks may stumble and fall. What a horrible thing!

Unlike those in the animal world, we do not have the power of tracking others through smell. Our pets can apparently do it to an amazing degree, as well as most creatures in the animal Kingdom.

But what if I could leave such a fragrance of love, such an aroma of forgiveness, such a redolence of compassion, such an odor of mercy, that my journey through history would leave a vapor trail suggesting the spirit of Christ? That would be my highest privilege, my greatest tribute, my most resounding epitaph on the spiritual trail markers for my children and the world to see.

I may not qualify as one of the great movers of history, but if I could be registered among those who revealed the "aroma of Christ"...that would be all I desire.

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