sights and sounds and smells

Community Bible Readings for Tuesday, Oct 23: Psalm 40, John 12

(I don't know how I missed John 11! No hidden meaning there... please feel free to read it :) )

Mary took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. (John 12:3)

What a beautiful picture of worship, of loving the Lord with all our hearts. St. Paul picks up on it in 2 Corinthians 2:14-16.

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.

In Psalm 40 David tells of God's deliverance, how God heard his cry, so he says over and over that he will tell of God's wondrous deeds. In other words, because God heard him and saved him, he will be sure that others will also hear (vs. 3,5,9,10,16).

He put a new song in my mouth,
a song of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear,
and put their trust in the LORD.
(Psalm 40:3)

Yesterday we "saw" a cloud and fire and glory, today we hear a new song, and even smell the fragrance of the aroma of this sweet salvation.

Look, Listen, Breathe in deeply -
God's goodness and glory is all around!

Gather together and sing his praise and testify to his wondrous works - filled with the Spirit of God Love the Lord by loving your neighbor - and
display God's goodness and glory to all those around!