What's Your Perfume?

I remember when I was on vacation one time we got trapped in an elevator with these girls who had so much perfume on. It was hard not to cough or laugh, because we all thought it and were looking at each other. When we finally got out of the elevator it was like whew I can breath!!! Or on the complete other hand your husband is wearing your favorite cologne and he comes up and give you a big hug. You take a deep breath because you love that smell. In a sense we carry a fragrance with us everywhere we go. I'm not talking about Daisy from Marc Jacobs or Aqua Di Gio by Armani. I'm talking about a presence, an attitude. And people can sense it when your around you. Do you bring a good fragrance when you walk into a room, or do others instantly know when your in a bad mood and flee from you like over sprayed perfume! We all have bad days and i'm not saying always fake being happy, but in the bible people could tell when others were around Jesus. They carried his presence wherever they went.

In Acts 3 there is a cool story about Peter using his faith to heal a beggar. We've all seen that homeless person on the side of the road holding a sign it usually causes us to think a lot. What would be the first thing you'd give them? Money? Thats what this beggar in the bible was asking for. Well Peter and John chose a really cool route for this beggar who was always outside the temple. This man had been cripple from birth. As they were walking into the temple Peter said to the beggar, "Look at us." So the cripple instantly looked up expecting to get money, but Peter said, "silver or gold I don't have, but what i have (faith, Jesus power inside me) I give you in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth walk. He jumped to his feet and began to walk. People around were filled with wonder and amazement. That wonder and amazement wasn't from Peter or John but the presence they were carrying with them, and that was Jesus'. Others could see that and wanted that.

We all have the opportunity to carry that "fragrance" wherever we go. Somedays when I don't feel like i'm bringing the best fragrance around I spend time reading the bible and praying, that helps. One way I can think of for everyone to try to do is the next time your in a restaurant and have a bad experience don't leave a bad fragrance. Instead try to change the waiters. They may be having a bad day or other bad customers, but you can rub off the presence you carry on them. There are many ways we can do this everyday. I challenge you to try to bring Jesus' prensence with you everywhere and as you do you will watch it rub off on the others around you. And when you change someones mood like that, the rooms gonna smell a heck of a lot better! :) haha

Peace :)

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