do you smell that?

I had a delicious lunch with Adam today at the Boalsburg Griddle.  Most days, my nose doesn’t work so good.  My olfactory doesn’t function–I can’t smell most things.  But I could smell the grilling onions as I walked from the parking lot.  I don’t even like onions.

We sat and talked for about an hour, then headed back to our respective places of employment.  As I drove, I could still smell the onions.  Hours later at XStream, I could still smell the onions.  It’s now about 12 hours after the lunch…I can still smell the onions.

The Apostle Paul wrote these words to the church at Corinth:

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. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life.

I’m wondering what I smell like on a daily basis to the people around me.  What does my aroma make people think?  Do I make people aware of the presence of God, and help them know him?

John Piper says/writes a lot more about this thought here.  It’s a good read, and come complete with some tough questions for me.

What do you think?  Onions, or Jesus?  As I mentioned before, I don’t even like onions…