I discovered something pretty cool the other day. I was sitting looking up the scent families that I believe God would like and discovered something pretty neat. 🤗 ( I think so anyways ) So of course im going to share it with the cool kids. I know a lot of y'all are really into smelling a certain way. 🤭 Soooo heeeyyyy ! Come on in here for this neat little revelation.
Disclaimer….. it's actually not little at all.
So boom, I looked up myrrh, frankincense and some other herbs or scents listed in the Bible concerning Esther’s preparation. And what I discovered is most of the scents all fell into the woody scent family. One was spicy and maybe one was considered floral. But mostly all woody scents.
What's even cooler is the resin of myrrh and frankincense comes from trees 🤯. No, I didn't know this prior. Hence the mind blown emoji. But what I discovered is that the resin is only produced when the tree is wounded. 😩 The wounded tree produces resin. A scent and a precious herb given to baby Jesus.
Sit with it. Sit with it.
Did you just take a few minutes to sit back and look over your life? Did you process all the times you have been hurt and cried out to God while in a destitute moment and he heard your cry?! Like Psalms 102:17 tells us 👀. Or did you sit and consider all the trials and tribulations that brought you back home to Christ when you thought you had nowhere to go?! Like Matthew 11:28 talks about 👀?! Or , or did you think about God literally being hung on a tree and pierced (wounded) for our sake? Like Isaiah 53:5 talks about.
Keep sitting with it. What I'm about to tell you next is even more mind-blowing.
Did you know that the wounded tree produces its own medicine ?! 👀🤯 That the resin or the sap produced from its wound is literally the “bandaid” that treats the infection?! Tell me your spirit caught that??!! 🧑🏿🩰💃🏿
We think our brokenness makes us unlovable or undesirable. But it's the very thing that brings us closer to Christ. Some people believe that we shouldn't “suffer” as believers because God wants to give us hope and a future. But what kind of God would we serve if our loving parent didn't discipline us?!. We go our own way. Do our own things. And think that there isn't any consequences ; but when we’re off track God disciplines us.
How many times have you been disciplined justly by your parent or loved one and didn't find healing in the correction?! Notice I said justly. For anyone, that was ready to word box me 🤭. Flashback to the just beatings. The just beatings only 🤭😩.
Do you know what else produces its own “medicine” when sick?! Human bodies. Our white blood cells increase to go and attack the “intruders” or germs. God did that. Made us one with all things. Can you imagine serving a GOD that has to be taught by man. Like come on?! No shade to the robot builders. I mean trees do naturally produce shade though 🤷🏿♀️🤭. No tech. Just natural creation 🙃.
What I'm saying to wrap this up is. God didn't create us to “need” anything outside of ourselves for healing. For anything. We were created whole. Unique. But whole. We are one with nature as we are all created from dust. Not whatever these rejects are creating that's unnatural. We are the originals !!
How many times has God showed you that he's willing and able to clean you up?. Despite the mess you may be, have been or could one day become. Wounded trees produce valuable resin. Produces a sweet savor to Christ. That may not all be so sweet smelling in actuality 😩. But it's the one Christ likes.
Your wounds produce sweet testimonies. Don't let shame turn you sour. Bitter. Hopeless. Keep the faith and know that wounded wood might just be the medicine you need. The reminder that even in your sickness or your wounding you are STILL valuable to GOD. 😘
Love ya, later.
Shya 💚😘
Make sure you show a tree some love next time you're outsideeee ‼️😚