Fragrant Aroma

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June 27, 2025 – 6/27/2025

  6 – The Flesh of Man

27 – Things Unveiled and Revealed in God’s Presence and Light of Truth

 

For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. – 2 Corinthians 2:15

Fragrant Aroma\n

Your nose is truly remarkable. In the 17,000 times you breathed in today, your nose has to clean, humidify, and, in a fraction of a second, warm or cool the air to match your body temperature. It also detects up to 2,000 scents, good and not-so-good.\n

You might know the name King James because of the English translation of the Bible he commissioned, but you might not know this odd monarch didn\u2019t try to live by the words he made available to others.\n

Though a promiscuous homosexual, he married Anne of Denmark and had seven children. This is amazing to me, considering King James suffered from aqua phobia \u2013 the fear of water. It is said he never took one single bath in his entire life! When King James entered a room, everyone knew it.\n

There is nothing worse than someone who reeks of a major personal hygiene malfunction. Well, that\u2019s not true. It\u2019s worse to reek of a condition I call \u201cstinkin\u2019 thinkin\u2019.\u201d\n

Negative thoughts turn into negative words. They bring darkness and despair. Doubt does the same, as does anger and jealousy. Coveting things that don\u2019t belong to you also brings dark thoughts because it means you\u2019re unhappy with what God\u2019s given you.\n

Then there are wild imaginations. You know, arguments you have in your head where you\u2019re giving people a piece of your mind or getting revenge. These most likely will lead to actions. Or imagining you know what others think of you, when you have no idea.\n

Thoughts become words. Words become actions, and actions have consequences.\u00a0\u00a0One of those consequences is you begin to stink. Your words and actions will drive people from you like a rotting fish in the sun. You can\u2019t feed the hungry, serve the poor, heal the lame, or rescue the lost if they are forced to run because of the stench.\n

The Bible tells us we are to be a fragrant aroma to God. Like incense, our words, actions and, yes, our very lives should smell a lot more like heaven than hell.","hover":"\nWhich Wolf Do You Feed?\n

Jesus-driven thinking helps and heals. This is what the Bible has to say on the subject: For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. \u2013 Romans 8:6\n

The Cherokee nation knew it, too. Check out this spot-on tribal tale:\n

An old Cherokee chief was teaching his grandson about life. He told the boy, \u201cA terrible fight is going on inside me. It is a fight between two wolves. One wolf is evil. He is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and self-doubt.\"\n

The old man continued: \u201cThe other wolf is good. He is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith.\u201d He then told the boy, \u201cThis same fight is going on inside you and inside every other person, too.\u201d\n

The grandson thought about it for a minute, then asked his grandfather, \u201cWhich wolf will win?\u201d The wise old chief replied, \u201cThe one you feed.\u201d\n

What wolf have you been feeding? Just know the wolf of evil thoughts will eventually devour you, and likely others as well. Thoughts become actions, and there is always collateral damage.\n

That\u2019s not you! You can control your thought life and ensure the evil wolf starves to death."}},"slug":"et_pb_blurb"}">Fragrant Aroma

Your nose is truly remarkable. In the 17,000 times you breathed in today, your nose has to clean, humidify, and, in a fraction of a second, warm or cool the air to match your body temperature. It also detects up to 2,000 scents, good and not-so-good.

You might know the name King James because of the English translation of the Bible he commissioned, but you might not know this odd monarch didn’t try to live by the words he made available to others.

Though a promiscuous homosexual, he married Anne of Denmark and had seven children. This is amazing to me, considering King James suffered from aqua phobia – the fear of water. It is said he never took one single bath in his entire life! When King James entered a room, everyone knew it.

There is nothing worse than someone who reeks of a major personal hygiene malfunction. Well, that’s not true. It’s worse to reek of a condition I call “stinkin’ thinkin’.”

Negative thoughts turn into negative words. They bring darkness and despair. Doubt does the same, as does anger and jealousy. Coveting things that don’t belong to you also brings dark thoughts because it means you’re unhappy with what God’s given you.

Then there are wild imaginations. You know, arguments you have in your head where you’re giving people a piece of your mind or getting revenge. These most likely will lead to actions. Or imagining you know what others think of you, when you have no idea.

Thoughts become words. Words become actions, and actions have consequences.  One of those consequences is you begin to stink. Your words and actions will drive people from you like a rotting fish in the sun. You can’t feed the hungry, serve the poor, heal the lame, or rescue the lost if they are forced to run because of the stench.

The Bible tells us we are to be a fragrant aroma to God. Like incense, our words, actions and, yes, our very lives should smell a lot more like heaven than hell.

Grounded in FaithDeclare!

I am intentional about living in His peace.  Lord, give me Your eyes and heart.  Show me what is in me that needs to change so I can be closer than ever to You and Your ways.

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