Aroma of Christ

Scents– wow can they bring on a flood of memories! It’s hard to explain how the smell of a vine ripe tomato can take me back to my grandmother’s kitchen…or how the smell of freshly cut grass puts me back on the golf course with my daddy…or how the whiff of a particular cologne makes me long for my husband's embrace. There is immense power in aroma!


Today I’m reflecting on the aroma of Christ. It is my heart’s desire to be a pleasing reminder of the love of Jesus to all I encounter. To anyone who may be reading this…I pray that God will send you a beautiful, fragrant reminder of His love for you today. Whether it comes to you in the form of your mother’s perfume – your baby’s gentle shampoo - or your grandfather’s aftershave, revel in God’s gift of scents. And let us be reminded of His pure love for us all.

Live a beautiful life! ~Kim P. Bartholomew

Description of Painting: This little jewel box of a piece depicts a perfume bottle with the stopper loosened – allowing the fragrance within the bottle to permeate the surrounding area. The plumes of the perfume fill the air in what becomes a cross shaped pattern. The four tips of the cross are punctuated by jewels for further emphasis. The stopper of the bottle is heart shaped and jeweled as well--the symbolism denoting the beauty and life that Christ brings to our hearts with His presence. The bottle itself is tipped over to remind the viewer that we are to pour out our lives in loving service to Christ and to those for whom we are to be “the aroma of Christ!”

Scriptural Inspiration for Painting:"Oil and perfume make the heart glad, so a man's counsel is sweet to his friend." (Proverbs 27:9 NASV)

“Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place. For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to life. And who is sufficient for these things? For we are not, as so many, peddling the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ.” (2 Corinthians 2:14 NKJV)

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