One thing that I found interesting when reading about the sacrifices is how often the statement "an offering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord" is repeated. In the midst of the blood and burning meat, a statement that peaceful and serene just doesn't seem to fit.
But when you consider that our sense of smell has the greatest "memory," and that it is individual to everyone (no one smells or remembers smells exactly the same), it seems a fitting statement. The Lord is choosing to see this aroma as pleasing. I can only imagine that hundreds of years later when it was His Son serving as the sacrifice - once for all - that the memory of all those offerings came to His mind.
Today, may the offerings of my heart be a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
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