The Dance of the Dandelions
Don’t you just hate ‘em?
Those dandelions I mean.
Here in the Great Inland Northwest where we are presently hanging out, dandelions are cursed by all the natives. Landscapers will inspect your yard and quickly point out any dandelions encroaching on the lawn. It’s like there is nothing worse in the world than the Curse of the Dandelions. Their encroachment into any part of your lawn is to be avoided, fought and no expense is spared to destroy these invaders.
We moved into our present home in January. No dandelions, just lots of snow. When spring finally did decide to make an appearance here, we had dandelions popping up all over the place. They practically covered the yard.
All adults said bad things about our dandelions. Kaitlyn and Kyra did the dandelion dance. They loved having so many flowers that they could pick. Micah saw his sisters picking flowers and he joined in with them. All three were exclaiming how great it was to have the lovely yellow flowers in our yard.
Perspective you see.
The world saw a yellow menace; our grandchildren saw a reason to dance.
God tells us over and over in His Word that we are to look at things differently from the world. We are to act, talk, walk, act and react differently so that others will see Jesus in our lives. If we see things the way the world sees them, how are we any different? How will that attract people to us to ask “Why aren’t you cursing the dandelions?”
Join with our grandchildren in the Dance of the Dandelions and make people wonder about you.
