Lisa Butler
Pastor's Wife
Word of Life Baptist Church
Mattoon, IL
What is your fragrance?
Eph.5:2 And walk in Love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour.
Now that it is springtime, I start thinking about flowers! I start planning in my head what kind of flowers I will plant this year and what flowers I already have planted, they will start coming up and showing their beauty. One of my favorite flowers are roses, I especially love yellow roses!
I think roses are a favorite flower to many, they are not only beautiful but they also smell nice too. Beauty and fragrance, what a combination!
I’m afraid some of us don’t have a pleasant smell all the time, it’s not anything physical. It’s not acceptable to have body odor is it? So why do we think it is acceptable to stink as a Christian.
Our attitudes may be off, we may have a bad habit that we think is just a little thing that doesn’t matter, maybe we speak a harsh word to someone and walk away without the thought of the fragrance it will leave in the air.
We start letting our attitudes slide, our quiet time with God dwindles down, and soon we are not leaving a pleasant scent on the world.
We need to get back on track to being Sweet smelling women for the Lord, we need to strive to be fragrant roses God intended us to be.
Here are a few ways to improve our fragrance.
1 Be Kind.
Nothing smells up a place more than someone who isn’t kind.
Eph.4:32 “and be ye kind one to another”
2. Be Forgiving.
How can we be sending off a fragrant smell if we hold grudges and never forgive those who we know we should?
Eph.4:32 “Forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you”
3. Be Joyful.
When you aren’t happy in the Lord, you rub off on others. Find joy in the Lord. Study his word, and have time in prayer to fellowship with him.
Psm.35:9 “And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord: it shall rejoice in his salvation.”
4. Be Content.
It isn’t very refreshing to be around a discontented person. Grumbling and having self-pity parties.
Phil. 4:11 “Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.”
Okay, what kind of fragrance did you leave today?
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