This morning our walk was filled with amazing fragrances! The overnight storms had left a heavy vapor over the earth, and the air was perfumed with the scents of rose, honeysuckle, and cedar, not to mention a tangy, lemon aroma. Famous must have found them even more enticing than I. If that impressed upon him where he belongs, his home, a place of sweet beauty, then I have to believe he could find his way home from anywhere!
So important was the scent from the spices used in worship that only the priest could mix them! They were used to evoke emotion and memory and to transport the worshipper to a place far different from the everyday world. The Temple was a place set apart from the rest of the world where the created could meet their Creator. It is this refuge that we can find everyday no matter where we are.
Surround me with Your marvelous Presence, O Lord, and lead me home to Your sanctuary of peace.
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