Our lives are meant to be a sweet smelling aroma, refreshing those around us.
(Picture by Lisa R.)

So if you have been reading this blog for a while, you are aware of this one thing, my brain does not work like everyone else’s (although this is not necessarily a bad thing). That was my disclaimer, for what I am about to write :). My friends and I have a product that we get from Bath & Body Works, we call it emergency spray (this is NOT the real name). We use it for, well, emergencies, of the bathroom kind, our desire is to leave the environment better (smelling) than we found it. Today, I have, by my estimations consumed an ocean of water (give or take an ounce). Therefore, on my drive to Fort Lauderdale this evening I needed to stop at a public restroom (I try to avoid this normally). Here’s what I learned: Not everyone in the world holds to the philosophy of my friends and I. The person/s that used the restroom prior to me, did NOT believe in emergency spray and thus I stepped into a VERY hostile environment. I struggled through the situation and came out alive and in one piece, although somewhat traumatized. On my drive downtown I had this thought, “Am I “emergency spray”? Do I as a person, leave the environment around me better than I found it? Do I seek the good of others, or seek to further my own agenda? Sadly the answer is not always yes. The world is in disarray, life can be dirty and smelly. Sometimes the people we come in contact with are in need of “emergency spray”, someone to make the “air” around them easier to breath. This journey can get stinky, but we always have the option to break out and be “emergency spray”.

“Our lives are a Christ-like fragrance rising up to God. But this fragrance is perceived differently by those who are being saved and by those who are perishing” (2 Corinthians 2:15, NIV).

So what am I thankful for today? Emergency spray. 🙂