Child like faith with Dandelion Love

 "Child like faith with Dandelion Love"  JUNE 2016


That thought streamed through my heart yesterday as I sat at the kitchen table sipping my coffee and having some quiet time before starting my workday.

In Matthew 18:4 and 19:14 Jesus told us to come to Him as a little child.  Not all grown up, with ideas and ambitions, nor with demands.  Just come to Him as a little child, free from all the stuff of the world.  When we were young - a VERY long time ago - we gave no thought to anything - worried about nothing ( although I understand all little ones do not have that pleasure but this the way it is supposed to be ).  Mom and Dad took care of everything.  We did not worry over our next meal, how were the bills being paid, would there be a next day.  It is a work of our faith to be like that day in and day out with our Heavenly Father as we grow up and become aware of issues and become responsible people of our lives.  There is a shift from not worrying about the next day to having a knowledge of dependence on our Heavenly Father to be there for the next day.  When we were young we took it for granted but now we understand and we are more appreciative of the fact He is there for each and every day.  It is a work of our faith to keep that child like dependence and yet grab hold of the God-given responsibility as He leads.

Anyhow ( rabbit trailing I go ) ...

Dandelions are beautiful to a child.  Simple beautiful.  They do not look at it with pity, they do not view it as unwanted, they have no thoughts of the damage it can do to a manicured flower garden .. They do not view it as a WEED but as a FLOWER.  They simple see a BEAUTIFUL YELLOW FLOWER.

They pick that flower and proudly present the "weed" to their mother with Joy and Love in their heart and wait for that acceptance of "ahh...thank you...that is so pretty" while inside the mother there is a little chuckle of "if only they knew it was just a weed". The mother might put it in a little jar with some water and sit it on the window sill just for a moment.  Friends come over and the mother shows off all the beautiful flowers in her garden and when the "weed" is mentioned it is brushed off as "oh, yea Johnny or Susan picked that this morning" as she laughingly brushes it off and turns everyone's attention to the "real flowers".

I want Dandelion Love for everyone.  I don't want to feel "sorry" .. Have "pity" ... Look down on .. Feel like "that person really needs help" .. Lower anyone ... Set aside for the more beautiful ... Get rid of ... Discard ... Put on the back shelf ... 

I want to look and see the BEAUTIFUL YELLOW FLOWER that GOD created.  

I want to pick the BEAUTIFUL YELLOW FLOWER and give it to my Heavenly Father and He receives the FLOWER and displays it right along side the ROSE and the GERANIUM and the SUNFLOWER and the IRIS and the rest of His BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS.  

I want to see all God's FLOWERS as FLOWERS.

So if you come by my house and see those BEAUTIFUL YELLOW FLOWERS popping up in my yard - please don't judge me as being a poor Gardner.  I have always loved DANDELIONS and now even more.

( do you know that every part of a dandelion is useful for good Health -Selah )

DANDELION USE

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