Dandelions

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 pamper-  ing 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 is.  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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