If Moments Were a Fragrance

One night I had a thought cross my mind, and I’m not sure from where it came. I thought, “If moments were a fragrance, I would breathe this one in.”

I was holding my little girl and she was singing with me, “Jesus Loves the Little Children” in her soft, sweet voice. Her head rested on my shoulder and my cheek on her head. When we finished singing I told her I loved her, and she responded in the same sweet voice, “I love you, Momma.”

It was then that it hit me, this thought.

I have learned how fleeting time and my memory both are. I hate that. I wish we could slow down moments like that, commit them to memory, and never forget them. I fear the day that I cannot remember that exact moment and relive it. I guess it’s necessary that time keeps moving as quickly as it does so that we’re careful to cherish moments like those. If we could manipulate time, we’d be less appreciative of the moments that make life meaningful.

If I could turn our bedtime moments like that night into a fragrance, I’d bottle it up. From time-to-time when my little girl is no longer little, I’d go get that bottle and breathe it in. I can imagine instantly being taken back to that moment in my mind and remembering exactly how I felt. A feeling that cannot be summed up into words.

Instead, I’ll thank God for the beautiful moments He’s put into my life. And I’ll ask Him to store their fragrance for me in Heaven so that, one day, I can pour them out on Him. The best moments of my life—what an honor it would be—to pour them out in worship on Him, the one who blessed me with them all.

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