The Aroma of Christ

2 Corinthians 2:14-17

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, to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things? For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God’s word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.

If you stop by here for updates you may have noticed some changes - some complete and others quite incomplete yet. I had a rare few hours to tinker around with the templates last weekend and learned a lot from Mrs. Taffy and I have enjoyed checking them out the past few mornings. Mostly in these morning hours, God has been impressing on my heart the precious weight of Biblical encouragement and prayer in both good and hard times.

It gives me a renewed desire to use this forum for writing and reflection to be the aroma of Christ. Our family's aroma is characterized by beans ground from international adoption, older child and sibling group adoption, infant adoption, trauma and loss, special needs and home education, sin, and sweet dependence on and joy in Jesus. It is a fragrance that God is in the process of changing so that our fragrance may be the knowledge of him everywhere, but it is His work in His time for each of us, and for that we are thankful!