When Life Stinks

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Have you ever heard someone say, “This stinks!” Or, maybe you’ve said it. It’s a colloquialism used when something awful or suspicious occurs. If bad things repeatedly happen, the term might be broadened to “life stinks.” Instead of focusing on the foul, though, we have a choice to breathe in what Song of Solomon 2:1 refers to as the Rose of Sharon.  Scholar Herbert Lockyer sheds light on why this is a reference to Christ. “Amongst flowers, the rose always and everywhere, with us now and still more in the East and of old, has held the foremost rank; and amongst the rose, the ROSE OF SHARON was chief. If a king were set over flowers, it would be the rose that should reign over them, being the ornament of the earth, the splendor of plants, the eye of flowers, the beauty of the field.” Christ’s title, Rose of Sharon, draws our attention to Christ’s splendor, heavenly fragrance, and beauty. When life stinks, stay extra close to Christ. Breathe in His fragrance.