I love the smell of spring. The different smells from flowers, trees, and fresh cut grass all mingle together to create an amazing fragrance.
Summer just smells hot and sweaty. Fall tends to smell like moldy leaves and dust. Winter doesn't have a smell because everything is frozen. But spring....that's a whole different experience. And I'm not talking about the manmade smells like pumpkin spice or cinnamon. These are the smells of nature and spring just brings a freshness to the air that no other season can claim.
As I was taking a walk last night through our neighborhood and enjoying the sweet smells, I was reminded of the many times in the Bible that God considers our worship as a "sweet aroma." In the Old Testament, it was the smell of the sacrificial offerings being made. But in the New Testament, because Jesus made the ultimate sacrifice, our worship now becomes the aroma that pleases God.
"For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing." 2 Corinthians 2:15
All this made me think about my own worship and how it smells to God. Which season does it resemble the most? What fragrance do others smell on me? Spiritually, not physically, of course. The latter could be iffy at times. But spiritually, we Jesus followers should give off an aroma of love, peace, joy and all the other fruit of the Spirit mentioned in Galatians 5.
So enjoy the smell of Spring while it lasts but let's make our spiritual fragrance last all year.
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