For Valentine's Day, I gave Terry gifts for the senses. For every sense, there was a special gift. For example, for the sense of hearing, I gave him two new albums to add to our “record” collection.
It was so much fun to put these gifts together and write a note for each one. It made me really focus on each sense, and try to come up with something special and unique for each. I can see how Papa gifts us, every single day with our senses. The gift of a glorious sunrise and sunset allows us to experience the sense of sight. When we listen to beautiful music or the ocean waves or birds singing … we experience the sense of hearing. When we sip a delicious wine or taste a fabulous chocolate or savor an incredible meal, we experience the sense of taste. When we hold hands with our loved one and kiss them or feel their embrace; we experience the sense of touch. When we smell a flower or a candle, we experience the sense of smell.
Each of these senses are particularly special when you break them down, individually. But what if we used each one for God’s glory and to reach someone for Jesus?
Maybe we could have a beautiful photo framed and sent to someone we love … allow them the sense of sight.
I love a good, old fashioned mixed tape. But since we don’t have a cassette player, I cannot make a mixed tape. But you can create a playlist and share it with someone for the sense of hearing/sound. Or you could experience a concert together.
Purchase a favorite candy or treat; even a bottle of wine for someone, and share with them the sense of taste.
Sit with someone who is hurting. And I mean literally sit with them. Make a meal or pick up something from a favorite restaurant and eat it with them. Even if they say they don’t feel like they would be good company, tell them you don’t have to talk. Allow them the sense of touch/feeling just by being present.
“But thank God! He has made us his captives and continues to lead us along in Christ’s triumphal procession. Now he uses us to spread the knowledge of Christ everywhere, like a sweet perfume.” - 2 Corinthians 2:14 (NLT)
God uses us to spread the knowledge of Jesus everywhere, like a sweet perfume. Michala shared with us once after a church retreat, “We are supposed to smell like Jesus.”
I want to smell like Jesus. I want to see people like Jesus sees. I want to touch/feel (love) people like Jesus does. I want to taste like Jesus when I share His goodness and fill hearts and souls up with the love of God. I want what others hear around me is what God’s word says, and His opinion, not mine.
There are so many ways we can offer the gift of our senses to other people, and in doing so, we show them Jesus. I have said this before but we are not attracting people to Christianity with rules and judgement. We are attracting people to Christianity with Christ.