SWEET SMELLING CHUCK

THIS IS A SWEET STORY! HOPEFULLY YOUR READY FOR IT. AS YOU KNOW THIS WEEK WAS THE PASTOR'S WIVES CONFERENCE AT CCBC AND THE STUDENTS DIDN'T HAVE CLASS ALL WEEK. SO JON, DANIEL AND I WANTED TO VISIT ZACK AND HAVE DINNER AND ALSO CHILL WITH HIM. WHILE WAITING FOR ZACK TO MEET US. JON, DANIEL & I DECIDED TO GO TO THE COFFEE SHOP AT THE SCHOOL. JON HAD TO MAKE A PHONE CALL SO DANIEL AND I WENT AHEAD TO GO TALK INSIDE AND SIT ON ONE OF THE TABLES. PASTOR CHUCK SMITH WAS THERE AND HAD JUST GOTTEN HIS ORDERED SMOOTHIE. THE FUNNY THING WAS THAT HE WALKED TOWARDS DANIEL & I AND DECIDED TO JOIN US. DANIEL INVITED HIM FOR A LITTLE CHAT. CHUCK, DANIEL & I WERE SITTING AT THE TABLE...IN TOTAL AWKWARD SILENCE. SO I DECIDED TO START THE CONVERSATION. I THOUGHT PEOPLE PROBABLY TALKS TO PASTOR CHUCK ABOUT THE BIBLE ALL THE TIMES SO I THOUGH WHY NOT CONVERSATE CASUALLY. SO I ASKED HIM 'WHAT'S NEW PASTOR CHUCK?' HE REPLIED, 'GOD'S OPENING NEW DOORS FOR MINISTRY!', SO DANIEL ASKED, 'ARE YOU HERE WITH YOUR WIFE?' CHUCK SAYS, 'YUP & MY DAUGHTER CHERYL ALSO BUT THEY ARE TEACHING AT THE CONFERENCE.' THEN HE CHANGED THE TOPIC TO, 'DID YOU GUYS WATCH THE ANGELS GAME LAST NIGHT?' WE SAID 'NOT REALLY BUT THEY WON' THEN JON ARRIVED AND SAT WITH US TOO AND THEN ZACK FOLLOWED AFTERWARDS. THIS IS THE BEST PART...ZACK ASK CHUCK A QUESTION ABOUT ABRAHAM. CHUCK ANSWERS IT. BUT THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MORE STUDENTS STARTS GATHERING AROUND US. 1...2...3...THEN THERE WAS ABOUT 18 TO 20 STUDENTS AROUND US. SOME OF THE STUDENTS STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS TOO. IT TURNED TO BE LIKE A LIVE VERSION OF PASTOR'S PERSPECTIVE BUT SO MUCH BETTER. SOME KIDS TREATED HIM LIKE A CELEBRITY. THROUGH ALL THIS, IT KIND A REMINDED ME OF WHEN PEOPLE GATHERED AROUND JESUS. HIS PRESENCE WAS AMAZING AND INVITING. NOT THAT CHUCK IS JESUS BUT HE DEFINITELY HAD THE AROMA OF CHRIST. HE ENCOURAGED US TO BE SWEETER CHRISTIANS FOR THE LORD, ALWAYS SMELLING SWEET AND INVITING.