Perhaps you feel crushed with the burden of providing for a family. Maybe you feel exhausted trying to please a persistently disappointed mate. It might be that you feel buried in duty, unglamorous tasks, anonymity, and the terrifying reality that when you look ahead, you don’t see anything changing for a long time.

If that’s your situation, the apostle Paul can relate. The first chapter of 2 Corinthians is shocking in this sense: the hero of the New Testament freely confesses the extent of his suffering, pain, and turmoil to the point that he “despaired even of life.” (2 Corinthians 1:8)

This is the beginning excerpt from one of Gary Thomas’ recent blog posts “Smelling Like God”. I came across this post in my recent reading and just had to share. Perhaps it seems like a weird title to the blog, but there are definitely some cool ideas presented by one of my favorite bloggers.

“But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing…A fragrance from life to life.” (2 Cor. 2:14-15)

Click Here to Read Smelling Like God

Hope you enjoy it!

Blessings,

Jarvis