November 16: Today I am thankful for storms. Since I was little I've always liked watching thunderstorms and found them truly awesome and scary all at the same time! I have also come to appreciate other types of storms in my life. I know that storms come so I can grow. I learned something very revealing about myself recently. In 2 Corinthians 2:15-16, Paul talks about being an aroma. As a Christian, I carry the aroma of Christ and to some that is a very sweet aroma, whereas to others like the enemy, it is the worst smell in their life, the smell of death itself. Taking this thought further with the gospel, what smells bad to me in the Christian life? Is it suffering or pain that smells bad to me? Or does suffering for the cause of Christ and furtherance of the gospel smell sweet to me? It is a very challenging thought, one which I'm still working through to figure out where comfortableness has set in and the gospel has taken a side seat in my life. My prayer is that the Lord would show me areas in my life that smell bad to Him, to change my perspective, and radiate joy in the storms of life so it may smell sweet to others and God be glorified.
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