Some Mysteries Are Tough To Solve (standard:humor, 902 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Aug 26 2013	Views/Reads: 4300/1497	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
For my wife's birthday (I am not allowed to mention which one) I surprised her with round trip tickets to her family reunion in upper New York State. Out of courtesy to her, I elected not to include myself in her little vacation. After all, it is her fami

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smelled as if someone had brought me a bowl of mixed of fruit. I knew 
for a fact, there was no fruit in the house, so this fruity aroma 
puzzled me. 

I got up and walked around the house looking for this bowl of fruit. No
matter what room I was in, I could smell the fruit. It was the 
strangest thing I ever experienced. 

Finally, I went back to my easy chair and cup of coffee not knowing
where these fruity fumes were coming from. Some mysteries are tough to 
solve. 

Then something hit me right between the eyes. The fruity bouquet was
coming from me! I took several healthy sniffs and discovered I smelled 
like a bowl of fruit. I could not understand this phenomenon. Then I 
remember the bottles in my wife's shower. 

I went back to investigate and discovered my wife had bottles of fruity
concoctions of every variety. 

A verse from the Bible came to mind. "But I have all, and abound: I am
full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from 
you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well pleasing 
to God.” (Philippians 4:18 KJV.) 

The only fragrance worth dwelling on is a life well pleasing to God. 


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