“What do you think of this “Christmas” Thing?”

“Let’s come to him with thanksgiving. Let’s sing songs to him.” Psalm 95:2

One day during my adolescence when Christmas was nearing, as the despair, purpose, self-worth and business of the noise grew so loud around me, I ask myself, “What do you think of this Christmas Thing?”

 I began walking, wondering in the interior of my neighbor of abandon buildings. I noticed in the middle of this trash filled lot a beautiful field of enormous yellow dandelions. They looked so out of place that it surprised me. Why here in this slightest sound of fear abiding in the middle of that field, where the trash rest among this beauty. There was such a peace among this abandonment a modern pack of wild things where lives of forethought and grief some time ago; I came into the presence of thankfulness, waiting for the lights to shine through the broken windows, resting in the grace of this neighborhood a flowering world of freedom. My thoughts, “pull them out? Why Couldn’t I take their beauty home? 

Of course, they’re just dandelions. And some would think dandelions are weeds which most would pull or spray with weed killer, thinking as a child, “I could remove them secretly”. But wait, In the mist of the dandelion’s dilemma, my reflection examines the question, “Why do we need a Savoir?”

You see if you are like me I’m one of those who need a reminder of their self-worth, purpose, whom I belong to and who I am. Let me put it into perspective:

It’s not that we need to save ourselves—we cannot do so—but that we need to be saved. “There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God. All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one” (Romans 3:10).

We need to be saved because we are under God’s wrath. We are “by nature deserving of wrath” (Ephesians 2:3).

We need to be saved because we are spiritually dead.Before salvation, we are “dead in [our] sins” (Colossians 2:13). Dead people can do nothing for themselves. We need resurrection. We need the life-giving power of Christ, who alone can conquer death.

This Christmas, I want us to notice the dandelions in our lives. You see our beautiful dandelions is much like the Lord Jesus Christ. The dandelion is everywhere. Jesus Christ is omnipresent. The dandelion will grow anywhere, except where eradicated. One may find the Lord anywhere, except where people have excluded Him. The dandelion is hated and warred against by almost all people. Isn’t that the way it is with the Lord? He came unto His own and His own did not receive Him. “He said He was hated by the world because He testified against it. The dandelion is not a pest, but is good medicine. Jesus is Good Medicine. He is the good Physician, who heals, though despised. We need him to share the Good News. To let those dandelion times remind us that God loves us and has a plan for our lives. Our humanity is tainted by sin Romans 3:23

Finally, “dandelion” means “teeth of the lion.” Jesus Christ once came as a Lamb, to die for us, but now He comes as the Lion from the tribe of Judah. He comes with teeth. God is a consuming fire, the Bible declares, He comes to judge the earth in righteousness. Nobody fools with a lion, especially this one, Jesus Christ Glorified.

When Jesus told Nicodemus, “You must be born again,” He spoke of necessity (John 3:7). Being saved—receiving the new birth—is not just a nice idea or a divine suggestion. It is the deepest need of the human soul: “You must be born again.”

This meaning of Christmas is love. God loved His own and provided a way—the only Way—for us to spend eternity with Him. He gave His only Son to take our punishment for our sins. He paid the price in full, and we are free from condemnation when we accept that free gift of love. "But God demonstrated His own love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8). 

All praise, thanksgiving, blessing, power, might, strength, and our ‘need for a Savior’ to Him forevermore.  Merry Christmas, Amen!

Yes, in Jesus Christ, we are that dandelion, and thankful for it!

God Bless You and This Ministry!