This post is sort of a piggy-back off an earlier post, "A Journey Pondering." I'm thinking today about what an awesome responsibility it is to have "Christ in me." How do I live out that reality? Yesterday, our parish priest spoke of not leaving Christ there (at the church) every week, but taking Him with you...out into the world. He exhorted us to take the life of Christ with us and share it with all around us. How do we flesh that out? How do we diffuse the fragrance of Christ to those around us?
I look forward to your thoughts on this...
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My thought is that as we seek to know HIM and spend time with Him, His fragrance becomes more and more our own fragrance and then we can't help but take Him with us.
BTW, you got an award on GraceReign. Love you!
That's a wonderful question Joni, it causes a lot of pondering!
He commands us to love one another-He even tells us that this is of the highest importance. If we practice the same kind of unconditional love as the Savior, his sweet fragrance permeates and fills the air. Judgemental or conditional love give off such a sweet fragrance!
I too am anxious to hear the thought of others!!
Oh Joni - I tried to leave a post, but it seemed to go out into the blogashpere! I'll try again and if you get two posts from me-my apologies!
I was pondering your deep question and to me one way I think of it is unconditional love. Christ exhorts us on the importance of loving one another as He does. His love is unconditional-not condeming or judgemental. There is no sweet fragrance of love when we say we love but we are also judging. When we love as Christ loves - that sweet fragrance of Him in us, permeates our steps, our home and our lives - His fragrance goes with us in everything we do.
It's goofy me again. NOW I see what happened - you have to approve the comments first, and then you post them!!!
Now you have THREE from me which really proves how - inept I am!
Love ya!
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Oh, Pat. You made my whole day! I laughed so hard as I read each of your comments. I'm glad I'm not the only one that does things like that!
Sorry to cause such confusion! ;-)
Hi there
I believe that "in Christ" has the same meaning as "in Abraham" means in Hebrew 7 Even Levi, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham, so to speak, for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him.
Christ is in me - so there is a part of me that can never die. I am in Christ - adopted and counted as have been in Jesus when he was on the cross.
Christ in Me/ myself in Christ
1Cor 2: 20 "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
Gal 3: 27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
4:19 My little children, for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you
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