When something smells we all want some spray to cover up the smell, even if it is just temporary. When you start out spraying it it smells AWESOME and you don't have to worry if it is smelling bad or not. But when the temporary smell fades, the bad smell comes back and we have to keep spraying to make sure the stank is gone.
Because we have all fallen short of the glory of God we all have created stink in our lives. The dictionary actually defines stink as "to emit a strong offensive smell." Basically our sin becomes our stink. When we use worldly things to cover up our smell it smells great at first but then it fades, leaving you to get more of it to cover it up. Instead of it leaving us full and content it leaves us empty inside, wanting something more that will be eternal instead of temporary.
But guess what? There is something eternal, something that will leave us full and satisfied. His name is Jesus. He didn't say we need to pay $3.99 for a bottle of God's Love, but instead He tells us that the price of salvation is free. He tells us that its going to be okay when we are in His Arms and never leaves or fades away. Only through Jesus can we wipe the stink of our lives a.k.a repent. By asking God's forgiveness we can become clean and with God forever and ever. We even get to talk to God by praying and talking to Him everyday.
And God's Love is greater then any perfume, body spray, lotion, or Febreze.
2 comments:
SO true...you give great analogies!
Love the analogy! That is awesome. :)
~Melody
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