Dandelion

Have you considered the dandelion? 
Other than "get that THING outta my yard!"
We mow it, we spray it, we dig it, some eat it,
We may even cuss it
But still it insists on lifting it's beaming face,
Indefatigable!

With it's heart-melting power,

It's the child's favorite flower 

for giving handfuls of love

to mothers, to grammas,

to ladies at church.

And guess what I read in the news?

(It was on MSN...it must be true)

There in the top ten superfoods,

the cleansing, nourishing dandelion!

And those beautiful, fluffy orbs

of tasty, vigorous seeds

beckon to vivid goldfinches

A heavenly feast indeed!

But never mind..........!

I must send these beauties

to a waterless grave,

So they never again

see the light of day!

And armed with the latest

in dandy defense,

I answer the challenge

and at last I'm rewarded

with a lovely green lawn,

Sans dandelions.

Then the wind dares to blow   

from the neighboring lawn

scattering seeds,

hundreds of seeds,  

thousands of seeds,

ready to start all over again,

doing what they do best,

growing and blooming and seeding

and celebrating life.

Hmmmmmmm...........

They remind me of the love of God

Always giving, never partial

Always enduring, always present.

It can be scorned, rejected, and taken for granted,

but it never changes, never fails, always loves.

So dig up the dandelions if that makes you happy,

But whenever you see one, let it remind you

of how very much God loves you!

PS(After all dandelions have their place---no one wants them to take over!!

But I want God in all my life, not just in His "proper place"---in church on

Sunday morning!!)