Holy Week, the holiest of the year, the week leading up to Easter Sunday, has begun. Today is Holy Monday where we focus on Mary anointing Christ’s feet with expensive perfume and wiping it off with her hair. I’ve often wondered how long the fragrance lingered on Jesus? Did it perhaps linger until Friday? Could he smell its sweet reminder while hanging on the cross? Did it help him? It reminds me of the verse, “For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.” 2 Corinthians 2:15. It is said that smell is our greatest long-term memory provider. What a great gift, our nose, to remind us all day today that God loves us, has a plan for each of our lives and that plan often is to remind Him of His Son, Jesus. One of the first things I did this morning was light a candle so that our home will be filled with evergreen scent as a reminder, it is Holy Week, Christ has come, and this week, and our nose, is a reminder of why!
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