Smelling the Onion
February 5, 2015
Micahs friend Bella Sale came over to play today. I was using their play time to be productive
and began making dinner. When I got an
onion out of the pantry Bella said…ohh I don’t like those they don’t smell
good. Then she asked to smell it. I hadn’t began to peel it yet so it didn’t
have an odor.
She came back and said, can I smell it. When I put it to her nose she looked
puzzled…”hum… smells like nothing”, she said.
Micah was walking by putting his shoes on and saw the onion
and started making a squinty eyed face, and warned Bella not to get to close or
she’d get tears in her eyes.
They went outside and I began to peel the layers away, first
the crunchy dead, darkened layer, then the next was a little more moist then
the finial top layer revealed a new color and a really strong aroma.
Bella had experienced an onion smell before she knew what it
should have smelled like, but this onion was new, hadn’t been opened, was just
taken from our basket in the dark pantry.
I love the smell of garlic and onions sautéing in a pan.
Lord may you keep me alive, peel back my layers, may others
always see you, smell you, know what to expect when they see me. Pair me with friends that will enhance who
you’ve created me to be. Just like garlic and onion together. Give my kids great friends that point them to
you.
Continue to remove the dead layers. Strip off the outer layer.
The outer layer of an onion is there for its protection. But the onion cant be eaten and used with
that layer still on it. Some parts of
the outer layer are tricky to remove, can crumble apart and make a mess, (I
actually always peel my onion over the trashcan) The outer layer has a purpose but if we never
get rid of the covering we will never get to the best part. Don’t remain in hiding, even though it may
feel like the safest place to be. Allow
yourself to be vulnerable to the opinions of others, even if they end up not
liking what you are.
There is always something new to see and learn about God
each new layer is amazing there is nothing he cannot do, hasn’t already
done. NO one can ever possibly know or
understand everything there is to know about God. He is deep he is wide, he covers, he uncovers,
reveals, breathes life, and gives wisdom.
Oh how I long to know him more.
Job 26
“How
you have helped the powerless!
How you have saved the arm that
is feeble!
3
What
advice you have offered to one without wisdom!
And what great insight you have
displayed!
4
Who
has helped you utter these words?
And whose spirit spoke from your
mouth?
5
“The
dead are in deep anguish,
those beneath the waters and all
that live in them.
6
The
realm of the dead is naked before God;
Destruction[a] lies uncovered.
7
He
spreads out the northern skies over empty space;
he suspends the earth over
nothing.
8
He
wraps up the waters in his clouds,
yet the clouds do not burst under
their weight.
9
He
covers the face of the full moon,
spreading his clouds over it.
10
He
marks out the horizon on the face of the waters
for a boundary between light and
darkness.
11
The
pillars of the heavens quake,
aghast at his rebuke.
12
By his
power he churned up the sea;
by his wisdom he cut Rahab to
pieces.
13
By his
breath the skies became fair;
his hand pierced the gliding
serpent.
14
And
these are but the outer fringe of his works;
how faint the whisper we hear of
him!
Who then can understand the
thunder of his power?”
God is
just getting started with me!
