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The Smell of NEW! We all love the “new” smell. New books, New Pens, New Furniture, New Cars…
The reason people get excited about a new car, is when you sit in that new car the smell takes over. You don’t smell the tacos from last week, the spilled orange juice from breakfasts’ gone by, the… (Whatever that smell is, we don’t know but it’s been here forever.)
There is even a bottle of “New Car Smell” you can spray in the car. (I have one.) This is an attempt to recapture that fresh and new feel.
When I was in High School my dad had bought me a bible for Christmas. I loved the smell of the new pages and the new binding. The cover had a great freshness about it. It smelled just like a new book should smell. I kept the new bible in the box for the longest time. I remember thinking I would use it and place it back in the box so I could keep that “new smell” as long as possible. It worked too. The smell lingered for the longest time. That was about 20 years ago.
That bible is sitting on my desk now. It does not have the fresh new smell to it now. (Yes, I tested it.) Its cover is not fresh and new. The cover is now rough around the edges. The pages are stained a little. It has old paper notes sticking out of its edges. It is worn to say the least.
This is just a word of caution. In school we love the new school supplies. A new school year is exciting because everything is new. At this time of year it’s not new to you anymore. We must learn to love the process, not just the materials. Love learning, not just the new notebook.
The same is true with living for God. We must learn to love the process of Living for God. That way when the new feel has worn off, and you are worn down a little. You will recognize the value you have.
You see, I have bought new bibles. I will, in the future, have new bibles. But I will never replace this old worn down bible that sits on my desk. It’s the bible I study.
It’s the bible I use when I preach. It has great value to me.
You have Great value to God. Just because you discover you have more flaws than you realized in the beginning, God sees you as valuable. More valuable than you realize. Many days I sit at my desk and feel like that bible that sits next to me. Old, Ragged, Worn, etc. I want to be just like that bible. I may be rough around my edges; my knees may pop when I stand up in a minute. But when you look inside me, the Word of God is on the inside… That my friend, more that the “new smell”, is truly of Great Value.
Psalm 119:11
“Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee”
The reason people get excited about a new car, is when you sit in that new car the smell takes over. You don’t smell the tacos from last week, the spilled orange juice from breakfasts’ gone by, the… (Whatever that smell is, we don’t know but it’s been here forever.)
There is even a bottle of “New Car Smell” you can spray in the car. (I have one.) This is an attempt to recapture that fresh and new feel.
When I was in High School my dad had bought me a bible for Christmas. I loved the smell of the new pages and the new binding. The cover had a great freshness about it. It smelled just like a new book should smell. I kept the new bible in the box for the longest time. I remember thinking I would use it and place it back in the box so I could keep that “new smell” as long as possible. It worked too. The smell lingered for the longest time. That was about 20 years ago.
That bible is sitting on my desk now. It does not have the fresh new smell to it now. (Yes, I tested it.) Its cover is not fresh and new. The cover is now rough around the edges. The pages are stained a little. It has old paper notes sticking out of its edges. It is worn to say the least.
This is just a word of caution. In school we love the new school supplies. A new school year is exciting because everything is new. At this time of year it’s not new to you anymore. We must learn to love the process, not just the materials. Love learning, not just the new notebook.
The same is true with living for God. We must learn to love the process of Living for God. That way when the new feel has worn off, and you are worn down a little. You will recognize the value you have.
You see, I have bought new bibles. I will, in the future, have new bibles. But I will never replace this old worn down bible that sits on my desk. It’s the bible I study.
It’s the bible I use when I preach. It has great value to me.
You have Great value to God. Just because you discover you have more flaws than you realized in the beginning, God sees you as valuable. More valuable than you realize. Many days I sit at my desk and feel like that bible that sits next to me. Old, Ragged, Worn, etc. I want to be just like that bible. I may be rough around my edges; my knees may pop when I stand up in a minute. But when you look inside me, the Word of God is on the inside… That my friend, more that the “new smell”, is truly of Great Value.
Psalm 119:11
“Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee”
