A short time ago I assisted a friend with a home improvement project. The next day she returned to the job site to complete the work. She called to inform me that she could still smell the scent of my cologne (actually body lotion) in the room the next day and she was reminded of me. I’m happy to report that it was a pleasant aroma. 🙂
This caused me to think about how we leave the aroma of our presence everywhere we go. Hopefully other people’s remembrance of our presence is a positive one. We should make every place we are smell better.
We’re told in 2 Corinthians 2:14-15, “But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us reveals the fragrance of the knowledge of Him in every place. For we are a fragrance of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.” Those of us who are believers in Jesus should be drawing people to Him by our fragrance.
Kindness, compassion and love leave a pleasant aroma that is attractive to others like the scent of a pollinating flower is attractive to a bee or butterfly. People will remember we’ve been in a place by the lingering aroma we’ve left. Will that aroma be pleasing or repelling?
