On Monday night of this week, a few of us were working up at Bagley and my amazing wife delivered dinner to the work team. We were all hungry and ready to eat when Gail walked in and we knew in an instant what we were about to eat. It was the smell that gave it away, it was strong, and spicy and wonderful and the hungry crew ate some serious food!
When our dinner first arrived it smelled wonderful. In fact, it smelled wonderful all night long, and even into the next morning as it wafted through the still air inside the school. But later, the smell turned bad, real bad and today the smell was so horrible we wanted it gone, we wanted it as far away as possible as soon as possible. It took only a few minutes to track down the source of the rotten smell, it was the garbage can that we used to throw away the leftover food from Monday night, the food had gone stale and then gone rotten. I immediately took the bag and can out to the trash, rinsed out the can and within a few minutes, the smell was gone ans we were back to work.
Consider the life of some Christ-followers:
- In the beginning of our faith-walk, our arrival is welcomed because within our excitement we bring the nourishment God offers
- Our positive impact may be felt even after we've left the area
- But we can go stale, possibly becoming rotten to those that encounter us
- Those that once welcomed us may then want us to go away
- If we become 'stale' in our Christian life, we may even become an annoyance that is removed from the lives of those we were hoping to nourish.
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