you smell so good

"No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light. Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is bad, your body is full of darkness. Therefore be careful lest the light in you be darkness. If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly bright, as when a lamp with its rays gives you light." (Luke 11:33-36)

Just yesterday I was at the gym and saw a friend of mine. Well, I don't know her real well since we haven't had a lot of deep conversations (maybe we are just acquaintances?), but I could just see sadness when I looked in her eyes. I didn't want to be weird, but I really wanted to ask her where her Joy is and what's wrong? She is one of those girls in the community who are at all of the right parties. She does a lot of charity work, but for whatever reason I don't see a lot of light in her eyes.

I had never thought about how much a small candle can light up a room. I agree that you would never light one and put it under a basket or in the closet. I like mine out in the open so people can see it... especially me. I'm obsessed with candles and I really love the aromatic ones that are gentle and not too overpowering, but have a subtle different smell. One that people would want to smell, not one that people would have a bad reaction to if they are in a room with it for too long.

Lord, please help me to be healthy. Keep me motivated to want to do what is best for my body and soul. Help me to be like an aromatic candle that makes people want what makes me different. Let it start with my eyes. Make them full of Joy and just like Yours that see only the good in people. Please God, give me the courage to reach out to my friend and have a deep conversation about You.