An aroma ( 2 Corinthians 2 v15 - 16)

 An author called Rita Snowden tells of her visit to a small town near Dover,England. She was having tea in the late afternoon when she became aware  of an unbelievably  pleasant scent filling the air. She asked the waiter the source of the scent and was told that it came from the people passing by . He explained to her that they worked in a perfume factory down the street and were on their way home. When they  left the factory  they carried  with them  the fragrance  that had permeated their clothes during their day's work.     I remember meeting my cousin  whom I hadn't seen for many years, he said to me your different, I hope that difference was that Jesus was somehow shining through this earthen vessel that I am.When the apostles were arrested and brought before the Jewish authorities, (Acts 4 v 13)' they  took note that these men had been with Jesus'. In  2 Corinthians 2 v 15-16 ,Paul writes ,'For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.To the one we are an aroma that brings death; to the other ,an aroma that brings life'.The fact is there will those who will accept the wonderful fragrance of the Gospel  will receive eternal life,others will reject it  and will die in their sins.