HEAVEN’S SCENT (5 OF 23)
by Keith Krell
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 2:14-17
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Title: Heaven's Scent (5 of 23)
Series: Suffer with Purpose
Author: Keith Krell
Text: 2 Corinthians 2:14-17
Since the beginning of our marriage, Lori and I have had a problem. I'm a bit reluctant to share it. But it's a real issue, so I will. It's her nose! No, it's not what you think! Lori has a perfect nose. I love everything about it-granted, it's small, so there's not much to love! But it does have one fatal flaw. It can smell everything! When we were first married, and I was a poor seminary student, a doctor friend would take me to play racquetball every week. The best part of our weekly racquetball was that afterward he would treat me to lunch-at the Mongolian Grill! This was the highlight of my week! But, tragically, it was the bane of Lori's existence.
Without fail, every single week, without me telling Lori about my date with Szechuan spices, she always somehow knew! Now it wasn't right away, mind you. Our evenings were full of homework and dinner dishes the old-fashioned way-by hand. But always, in those quiet moments, as we would lay our heads on our pillows, thinking we would drift quietly and serenely off to sleep, Lori would begin tossing and turning and stirring uncomfortably. Before too long, she would gasp and sputter. "What on earth? What is that horrid smell?" And then realization would dawn on her: "Did you to go Mongolian Grill again? What on earth did you eat???"
Sheepishly, I would always respond, "Nothing special, honey, maybe a little brown rice." But NOOO. Lori's nose detected everything. She could tell my protein (sniff, sniff): chicken. My sauces (long sniff):garlic, ginger, and oyster. My soup (fast sniff): hot and sour. And she would conclude: "Keith, it wasn't brown rice. It was jasmine, perfectly cooked, just a little sticky, wasn't it?" "Yes, it was." Lori's nose-smelling prowess has continued, undiminished, to this very day. It doesn't matter whether I have Indian, Thai, Chinese, Mexican, or a Five Guys' Burger-her ...
Series: Suffer with Purpose
Author: Keith Krell
Text: 2 Corinthians 2:14-17
Since the beginning of our marriage, Lori and I have had a problem. I'm a bit reluctant to share it. But it's a real issue, so I will. It's her nose! No, it's not what you think! Lori has a perfect nose. I love everything about it-granted, it's small, so there's not much to love! But it does have one fatal flaw. It can smell everything! When we were first married, and I was a poor seminary student, a doctor friend would take me to play racquetball every week. The best part of our weekly racquetball was that afterward he would treat me to lunch-at the Mongolian Grill! This was the highlight of my week! But, tragically, it was the bane of Lori's existence.
Without fail, every single week, without me telling Lori about my date with Szechuan spices, she always somehow knew! Now it wasn't right away, mind you. Our evenings were full of homework and dinner dishes the old-fashioned way-by hand. But always, in those quiet moments, as we would lay our heads on our pillows, thinking we would drift quietly and serenely off to sleep, Lori would begin tossing and turning and stirring uncomfortably. Before too long, she would gasp and sputter. "What on earth? What is that horrid smell?" And then realization would dawn on her: "Did you to go Mongolian Grill again? What on earth did you eat???"
Sheepishly, I would always respond, "Nothing special, honey, maybe a little brown rice." But NOOO. Lori's nose detected everything. She could tell my protein (sniff, sniff): chicken. My sauces (long sniff):garlic, ginger, and oyster. My soup (fast sniff): hot and sour. And she would conclude: "Keith, it wasn't brown rice. It was jasmine, perfectly cooked, just a little sticky, wasn't it?" "Yes, it was." Lori's nose-smelling prowess has continued, undiminished, to this very day. It doesn't matter whether I have Indian, Thai, Chinese, Mexican, or a Five Guys' Burger-her ...
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