After church a few Sundays ago, I was talking with some of the guys and we joked about greeting each other with gifts like the magi. You know, the wise men who presented gifts to Mary and Joseph. We teased that we should arrive at our weekly Bible study with gifts of precious oils. Then we laughed over the idea of it being "essential oils", since our wives are starting to get into this trend.
The idea struck me that two of the three gifts presented to Mary were oils, and the Bible doesn't really specify that the "gold" wasn't solid, it could have been an "oil", Hmmm. I then mentioned to the guys that I could imagine that Mary would have went nuts over the idea. We laughed again.
When I got home, my mind was still working. I told it to Lydia and she thought it was funny as well. I then grabbed my sketchbook and got to work. Within 30 minutes, I had the final drawing completed. I took a picture with my phone, adjusted the image, and posted on Instagram (that shared on Facebook and Twitter). Sure enough, it immediately got several likes and shares.
Over the following few days and through Christmas, I've been tagged and messaged from others I don't know. Several have "tracked me down" just to say thanks... they've used it for their essential oil business.
I guess I need to come up with another great idea!
~Matt
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