When I was driving home yesterday I had a random, yes odd, thought: When Jesus was hanging out with his disciples antiperspirant wasn’t what it is today. No Right Guard, Old Spice or Degree. Imagine the stench of thirteen guys living in the heat…I know…Yuck! They were malodorous (isn't that a great word?!).
As I drove up to our neighborhood, I looked out at the beautiful Cascade Mountain range, the sun reflecting off the peaks and the pine forests laid out in front of them like a lush carpet in the clean and crisp air. I was struck by how glorious, mighty, majestic and perfect God is who created this beautiful universe. Yet, to show us who he is, he came as a man, Jesus, who was willing to hang out and with stinky people. (Hebrews 1:3) Really stinky people – people who reek inside and out.
The way God does things in humility is so upside down, backward and unexpected. His is definitely an upside down Kingdom, and as we were created to partner with him in bringing his kingdom to earth, we have Jesus’ example that hanging out with smelly people, difficult people, people who make us feel uncomfortable is what God’s love looks like. So thankful he likes to hang out with malodorous people like me - with or without deodorant to cover the stench.
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