Monday Morning Offering: 2/8

Morning Coffee: George Mendoza

 

Good morning, good God!

 

Something special in the Sunday papers this morning:

3 open-and-sniff ads for perfumes and colognes,

6 scents in all - for Valentine's Day...

 

 

So, I opened and sniffed!

A few were pleasant, the rest - meh!

But here's the thing, Lord: I sniffed too close!

My nose touched the paper and now

I smell cologne wherever I go!

The scent stays with me...

 

So, I'm wondering...

If I buried my nose in the scriptures, Lord,

would the scent of your wisdom 

linger longer?

 

If I were more faithful to prayer

would it's fragrance, like incense,

rise to heaven?

 

If I had more faith in your love, Lord,

would the balm of your Spirit

anoint my heart?

I'm guessing the answer is yes, Lord,

to every one of my questions

so this morning I offer my desire

   - to sniff out the scent of your truth

        in the wisdom of scripture's word

   - to lift up in prayer every day,

        an offering of fragrant praise

   - to be blessed with the clean fresh aroma

         of your Spirit's power and peace...

 

I see you in creation,

I hear you in its music, 

I taste you in a glass of wine

and touch you in a warm embrace:

so bless the air I breathe, Lord,

with the fragrance of your grace

wafting through my days and dreams

'til all my senses fill with you

and I am filled with peace...

 

Amen.

 

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