Sorry that it has taken me forever to write another post. I've wanted to write about so many things throughout this semester but can't ever really find the words or the time. Sadly, they have gone unsaid...
I've been thinking a lot lately about my life. WHAT AM I DOING? WHY AM I HERE? These questions seem so big, and maybe you never stop questioning life. Maybe it is a good thing because if you didn't question and analyze what you are doing you can kinda get stuck before you even realize it. That is how I'm feel right now....
STUCK.
Monday morning in my devotions I was reading this....
"For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.To the one we are the smell of death; to the other, the fragrance of life. And who is equal to such a task?Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, like men sent from God."
I love this concept. but it makes me question... HOW DO I SMELL?
The message version say that we are either an exquisite or the stench from a rotting corpse. YIKES!!!! Is it just me or does that idea scare you?
Rob Bell in one of this books says this:
"Because with every action, comment, conversation, we have the choice to invite Heaven or Hell to Earth."
STUCK, SMELL. SMELL, STUCK.
Maybe they only go together in my mind. But some days, I feel like I am stuck smelling...
The other day I was talking to my friend and she said, Jess you will make it through. NOW, that is the thing! I just don't want to MAKE IT THROUGH, that is not living life... I want to thrive! I'm tired of just barely making it. There is so much more to life then just that....
How do I smell?
When people meet me, do they notice that I am different? Do they smell Jesus in my life?
