{"id":214,"date":"2012-09-16T03:11:47","date_gmt":"2012-09-16T03:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourbestlife.org\/?p=214"},"modified":"2012-09-16T03:11:47","modified_gmt":"2012-09-16T03:11:47","slug":"maybe-i-knew-a-carpenter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ourbestlife.org\/?p=214","title":{"rendered":"Maybe I knew a carpenter?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love the smell of freshly cut wood, sawdust and cedar. \u00a0When I was little I loved to smell these things and whenever I did I always thought that it meant I must have been a termite in a previous life.<\/p>\n

My sweet husband just started a project to build a bench for our breakfast nook this evening. \u00a0I stepped into the garage and was enveloped by my favorite smell, but this time the first thought that came to my mind was that Jesus was a carpenter and He probably smelled this smell for the first 30 years of His life on a daily basis.<\/p>\n

I am not sure why I love this smell so much, but it makes me smile to think that our sweet Jesus was surrounded by this smell daily and that I share a love for this smell with Him.<\/p>\n

I probably wasn’t a termite in a previous life, but maybe I was close to a carpenter in a previous life… I hope so!<\/p>\n

It’s Our Best Life!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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