Greetings!
Due to the extra hours I have been putting in at my “other”
job, Marlene has kindly given me the message for my Pastor’s desk this month. She received it from a friend at a local “non-denominational”
women’s bible study group she attends. May
the message of these words bless you as it has blessed the two of us.
In Him,
Pastor
Thom
Dandelions
(Author:
Janice Kempe)
DANDELIONS! No matter how carefully I try to pull one up,
I never get the whole thing. The root
stays deep in the ground, threatening to grow up and blossom again.
But
despite their bad reputation, dandelions
are pretty little flowers with their yellow strands all tucked neatly into the
center. And truly they are the most beautiful
of all flowers when presented clutched in a child's dirty little hand. No one gets yelled at for picking them. Perhaps they grow only to be used and enjoyed
by children.
Dandelions are ignored or
attacked, never nurtured or cared for, and yet they always bloom profusely. They demand no pampering or special attention
to yield their bright blossoms; they pop up in fields, in lawns, and between
cracks in the sidewalk, even in the best neighborhoods. Can you imagine trying to grow them in a
garden? They'd sneak through the
boundaries and pop their sunny yellow faces up in the surrounding lawn. They would never stay put!
Christians should be more like
dandelions. Our sunny yellow faces
should be a reminder that simple faith has deep roots that are impossible to
dislodge. Our vast number would show the
world that even though we are not fancy or pampered we are evident every-where,
even in the best neighborhoods.
We should be as easily accessible
as a dandelion. Jesus was. We need to get out of our gardens and jump
across the boundaries that keep us where people expect to find us. We need to
show our sunny yellow faces in all the spots that need a little brightening up –
the crack in the sidewalk or the lawn of a country club.
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