Dandelions

Dandelions. . .
Weeds or flowers?  I remember when I was about five I loved it when our yard would fill with these pretty things!  They were small and easy to pick and then put in my hair.  They were my favorite plant.  As I remember the Pharisees in the Bible were the same as these dandelions.  They wore just the right things, did just the right things.  They were beautiful and perfect on the outside, but when you got to the roots they were destructive.  Their ways spread like wildfire.  Humans were foolish (we still are) to buy that kind of stuff, but Jesus didn't!  Jesus warned his disciples about 'the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.'  That is in Matthew 16:5-12.  There are A LOT of hypocrites in our world today but Jesus said that he despises them!  So why?  Why do we think that just becasue we go to church that we are Christians?  Mini Christs, is that what we are when we walk out of those church doors and go ignore God and try to write our own life story? NO!  WE, as God's children need to stand up for our Father!  We see him scoffed at and we already saw what they did to our brothers!  John the Baptist, beheaded.  Peter, was crucified upside down, WITH his wife.  Thomas was speared to death.  And we saw what they did to our Christ!  In Revelation, God says he will bless us (those who believed and sacrificed) exceedingly!  We will live in the new Jerusalem, with the river of living water, and the tree of life!  We will see Satan and the False Prophets go to their second death.  I honestly can't wait for that day. . .but in order for me to see it from the view God wants for me I have to follow Him.  Follow Him every step of the way,  I WILL NOT become a Pharisee! What about you?  You want to stand by the angels and watch as God defeats evil?  I want to see you there!  We must be the pure flower in the field of weeds.

As you wish Father.  May your will be done, not mine but Yours.