She said she was going to make it up right here in the sink. It smelled like turpentine it looked like Indian ink- I help my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink. I didn’t know if it was day or night, I started kissing everything in sight. Oh if we had such a potion, like New Car Smell it takes nothing to diminish it. I get to where I leave the house having spent time with Jesus, loving and full of joy. Then -that phone call- and I’m pretty sure within moments, “I smell like turpentine and look like Indian ink.” Pretty sure no one wants a drink – just sayin

However there is hope and as I read further in The Song of Songs there is a potion of Spikenard and Myrrh and Hennah that he more I study these I see something that would help.

While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.

As C.H. Spurgeon pointed out in this verse it is because the King of Kings is at His table that my Spikenard sends out it’s fragrance. The coldest frozen Apple Tree in mid January; when in the presence of the King, the sap flows and the leaves come out and it blossoms sending out it’s fragrance. Apparently my problem starts because I am no longer in His presence.

A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me;

To get Myrrh they have to cut the tree and the subsequent sap tears are harvested. No one pictured this better than the prostitute at the Table who wiped Jesus feet with her tears. Tears because she is mourning her sin and the amazing love Jesus still had for her – GRACE.

My beloved is unto me as a cluster of Hennah in the vineyards of Engedi.

The word Hennah in Hebrew is the same word as the Pitch that covered Noah’s Ark, the smell of the Hennah covers my stink. Jesus is that cover and when I realize I can’t do a thing to take that stink off, I need Love Potion Number 8 – eight being the miracle number – the number of the Hebrew letter- Chet and the days before a Jewish circumcision or Covenant and so much more I could say but WOW!!!!

The more I study the Lady in Luke 7, the more I see her love driven by how much she had been forgiven, and the more I see my need to really get at the dark spots all over me and cover those with- Love Potion Number 8…..