SCENTED
Today's reading: Exodus 29-32

"Then the Lord said to Moses, Collect choice spices--12-1/2 pounds of pure myrrh, 6-1/2 pounds each of cinnamon and of sweet cane, 12-1/2 pounds of cassia and one gallon of olive oil. Blend these ingredients into a holy anointing oil." Exodus 30:22-25 NLT

My thoughts turn to this passage of Scripture as I dab on my perfume this morning.

You see, as a born-again child of God, I have been anointed--and now I bear the scent of God.

I'll be the first to admit, some days the smell of Him on  me is cloyingly strong to those around me. Other days, my own scent overcomes the fragrance of the anointing oil He has placed on my heart.

The smell of me follows me everywhere I go.

It lingers long after I've done something in His name, or for my own glory.

It stays in the nostrils of those I touch, or choose not to interact with.

It preceeds me by way of my reputation among others.

I smell.

Oh, that I smell like Him!