• A Pleasing Aroma

  Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 30, 2010 (message contributor)

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  Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

A PLEASING AROMA

There was a factory in northern France where lavender for use in perfumes was produced. Each evening as the workers would head for home and walk the streets the little town, the whole village would be filled with the sweet aroma of lavender that had clung to the workers.

That's how it should be with us. As we follow Christ, as we stay close to him, we will be the aroma of Christ to the world. Listen again to Paul (2 Cor. 2:14-16): "In the Messiah, in Christ, God leads us from place to place in one perpetual victory parade. Through us, he brings knowledge of Christ. Everywhere we go, people breathe in the exquisite fragrance. Because of Christ, we give off a sweet scent rising to God, which is recognized by those on the way of salvation--an aroma redolent with life.