Lingering

Every morning I have a tug of war in my mind.
Walk.
Don't walk.
Walk later.

Seriously, I know myself well enough and if I don't make my car drive to the park for exercise first thing in the AM, I will never do it before I see AM the next morning.

I don't like to break a sweat.

Or a nail.

But if I want to lost more weight, I am going to have to force myself to choose right right when I open my eyes.

This morning I went to a different park. Changing it up a bit is always a good idea. The ipod was choosing all my favorites. I was finding my groove with me some Toby Mac. Music for power walking. Somehow Micheal Buble' just makes me walk slower and - as much as I find him inspiring - it delivers little calorie burn.

As I walked this morning an odd thing happened. To my nose. My family claims I have a sniffer as talented as a blood hounds. I can smell as skunk on the road before my eyes see it.

And today I smelled the most peculiar thing while working up a stinky sweat.

Perfume and fabric softener.

Today I discovered at least three individuals who walked past me on the trail actually showered BEFORE engaging in exercise. Heaven forbid! I hope they couldn't smell me ... dirty hair and all.

As I crossed paths with a couple, the woman left a scented trail of perfume. I inhaled deeply and could still pick up her fragrance long after she had walked past me. This happens when my sons walk by, but the effect is no where near as pleasant! I assure you!

But back to lingering fragrances of woodsy florals. It was lovely and unexpected.
And, as God would have it, this verse popped into my head thanks to my super clean exercising friends.

2 Corinthians 2:14
But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him.

Long after we walk past those we meet on this journey called "life", may HIS fragrance remain!