Dandelions are good for your lawn. Their wide-spreading roots loosen hard-packed soil, aerate the earth and help reduce erosion. The deep taproot pulls nutrients such as calcium from deep in the soil and makes them available to other plants.

What happens as the gospel comes into a community or a home?  Lives are changed and the future takes on a different hue.

John 5:24 

Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

Give it some thought.

Gary

Dandelions are more nutritious than most of the vegetables in your garden. They have more vitamin A than spinach, more vitamin C than tomatoes, and are a powerhouse of iron, calcium and potassium.

Think of what the gospel brings with it. We reap the ability to be healthy and thrive.

Isaiah 41:10 

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Give it some thought.

Gary

Dandelions are a green and growing first aid kit. The use of dandelions in the healing arts goes so far back that tracing its history is like trying to catch a dandelion seed as it floats over the grass. People have been using dandelion tonics to help the body’s liver remove toxins from the bloodstream.

That’s like the gospel that has become the cure for the sin that has plagued man since the beginning of time. The curse of sin can be cleansed by His blood.

Galatians 3:13 

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”—

Give it some thought.

Gary

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Dandelions were world-famous for their beauty. They were a common and beloved garden flower in Europe and the subject of many poems. I’m reminded of the gospel, loved and so appreciated by so many around the world. How many books and poems express its beauty?

John 3:16

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

Give it some thought.

Gary

Dandelions have deep roots in history throughout the ages. Ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans enjoyed the flower, and they have been used in Chinese traditional medicine for over a thousand years.

Like the salvation of God, they go back to the beginning and have been a blessing for generations, from Abel to the present.

Psalm 18:35-36 

You have given me the shield of Your salvation, and Your right hand supported me, and Your gentleness made me great. You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip.

Give it some thought.

Gary

Taraxacum is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, which consists of a species commonly known as dandelions. Amazingly, they have an innate ability to duck when confronted by a lawnmower. They are beautiful as a flower, but a nuisance when spreading seed. Reminds me somewhat of those spreading the gospel. The apostle Paul had this problem with the Galatians when they were confronted by the seeming-downside to something good. 

Galatians 4:16

Have I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth?

Some love the beauty of the gospel, but not the teaching regarding the Christian’s conduct.

Give it some thought.

Gary

As an adult, peer pressure rears its ugly head when you see your neighbor mow his lawn. It amazes me that as we grow older the influence of others takes on a new paradigm. We never seem to be able to resist the pull of our circumstances which causes us to act in a way that is uncomfortable.

Does the Bible address this phenomenon? Glad you asked.

Romans 12:2 

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Galatians 1:10 

For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.

Give it some thought and never mind the grass.

Gary