The compliment happened one morning when I was volunteering at Vacation Bible School at my church. As I started to squat down to talk to a preschool group, this adorable girl with dark, curly hair ran up and gave me a big hug, then said,
“Oh, you smell sooo good.”
“Thank you! ...... I was hoping I smelled good today,” I replied.
“You smell like cupcakes,” she exclaimed.
“I love that!....... I want to smell like cupcakes,” I told her.
She giggled then ran off to her leader who was blowing bubbles.
As I thought about her later that morning, a verse came to my mind.
2 Corinthians 2:15-16 NLT
Our lives are a Christ-like fragrance rising up to God . But the fragrance is perceived differently by those who are being saved and by those who are perishing.(16) To those who are perishing, we are a dreadful smell of death and doom. But to those who are being saved, we are a life-giving perfume. And who is adequate for such a task as this?
Hmmm -
I wonder if Jesus smells like cupcakes. Perhaps to a five year old, that is exactly how he smells.
I want to be a “life giving perfume”. But, what does that smell like?
Perhaps, it is completely different to an adult. But, if that means I smell like cupcakes to a five year old, that is exactly how I want to smell.
