Our Christian walk is like a rose....

I was visiting with and older women from my church this morning and without knowing it, she gave me a beautiful illustration of the Christian walk.

She said when her granddaughter was young, they would take walks together and she would take the opportunity to point out the glory of God as they walked through the beauty of His creation (Romans 1:19-20). She liked her granddaughter to a rose. She said now you are like a rose bud, small and beautiful with potential for so much. With time your pedals will bloom and the world will see your beauty as you open into what you were created to be. And as you age, you will give off a wonderful fragrance (a fragrance of godly wisdom) to all those who come in contact with you.

I saw the image she was describing. As we sat at the table, her fragrance was strong. The wisdom she shared, the beauty of her gentle and quiet spirit, and her fear of the Lord left me longing to hear more. In her, I saw her Creator and she praising His name.

"But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere."
2 Corinthians 2:14