Skylar's Blog & Podcast

There's an iconic spot in Tucson, AZ. As people drive into our beloved city they are greeted, whether they like it or not, by this certain landmark. Now, this spot has no historical value, neither is it a majestic piece of architecture. If you were to see this place you wouldn't think it was impressive or iconic. In fact, it's not a place we would like to go. However, it is something that we cannot avoid as we enter Tucson. This things is: the sewage treatment plant. For any of you who have driven down the I-10 you have endured the striking aroma put off by this building. It's as if Tucson is spreading its arms wide open to place our noses right into its armpit.

Did you know that you have an aroma, too? It's not just that smell you have when you haven't changed your underwear in a week, or the one after you've been hanging out in the locker room for too long. The aroma I am talking about has to do with how you live your life. Think about all of the ways you interacted w/ people over the last week, go ahead think about it... If you had to place an aroma to how you treat people, what would it be? Would it be a sweet aroma? A sour aroma? If it were an aroma, how would people react when they smelled it as you walked down the hall? 

This last week we focused on the second part of Jesus' great command in Matthew 22:39: Love Others. And we saw that how we love other people is a gauge of where we are at with God (1 John 4:20-21). However, our love for others is not just a gauge, it's something even deeper:

For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing (2 Corinthians 2:15)...