My loving roommate, David Hwang, told me last night that my car smells funny. That’s fine, considering it smells like a wet dog and a sweaty teenage boy are both stuck inside his AC unit. But I can take comfort in something I learned in class yesterday.
Many may be familiar with the phrase “cleanliness is next to godliness.” But for for a small part of history, the very opposite was true. Back in the Roman Empire, the Roman baths were world-renown for the rampant immorality practiced there. So for the early Christians striving after holiness, they avoided these baths, and would walk around the empire with a literal stench. The aroma of Christ (2 Corinthians 2:15) took on a totally different meaning at that time.
Praise God for running water and private bathrooms.
3 Comments
September 12, 2007 at 4:14 pm
That is kinda interesting.
September 13, 2007 at 12:52 am
gross.
maybe you should get that AC checked out… that’s really gross. bad smells are the worst.
September 13, 2007 at 3:30 am
Haha… They must have practiced the metaphorical cleanliness… of the soul… Not holding grudges and repenting for sins keeping the heart light and clear.