[sweet aroma]
8:43 AM
i am reading this great book called Sitting At The Feet of Rabbi Jesus by Ann Spangler and Lois Tverberg. they point out, which i never knew, that king solomon was cover with expensive perfumes before riding a mule through town. it was a way people could recognize royalty. they would be able to smell the perfume as they would pass through the streets. and to see the amazing parallel of mary covering Jesus in expensive perfumes and incenses before riding on a donkey through jerusalem. the people shouted "hosanna! hosanna! blessed is the king of israel!" even they knew the Jesus was royalty. they didn't just view Him as an ordinary man, but a king.
what i can't imagine is the fact that the perfume would have lingered with him for days. all the way to the day he was taken to the cross. i mean. these guards were beating a man that smelled like royalty. they probably wondered who really is this man before them.
" But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere. For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. To the one we are an aroma that brings death; to the other, an aroma that brings life."
-2 Corinthians 2:14-16
i just love this little piece of scripture. we are that sweet aroma to christ. ahh i love it! it makes me think of how a little bouquet of flowers in my kitchen can spread so much sweet aroma through out my home. how we also need to go out and spread christ's sweet aroma.
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oh rachel! Love this! thank you for sharing! What a prayer that we can have, to be a sweet smelling incense to His heart!
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