A DANDELION KIND OF FAITH

   What does your faith look like?  Is your faith the type of faith that you hold so tightly no one can see it or is it a dandelion type of faith? 

   Have you ever seen a dandelion in your yard? Instantly upon a great wind the flower disperses and floats away into the air.  Is this the end of the dandelion?  No, this is only the end of you seeing that one particular dandelion. 

    The next thing that takes place is the seed falls onto the ground and upon receiving water or some type of moisture this seedling sprouts up into a new plant.  This process happens repeatedly in our yard each year until we make a trip to the hardware store and purchase a chemical in order to destroy them. 

   The scripture tells us our faith can be as small as a mustard seed.  This small faith can be enough to move a mountain, but will not do so until you release it.  You can believe you have faith and be holding it so tightly that it will not be noticed by others. It's when you have the faith and you allow it to be revealed that it can spring forth into something magnificent. 

   One morning while at Calvary Baptist Church in Andrews, Tx the pastor spoke on the topic of God using broken vessels. I had truly been broken and felt shattered at this point in my life.  I quietly expressed to the Lord that if he thought he could use a shattered vessel then I would allow him to give it a try. Not really expecting for him to do so, I lived my life one day at a time. 

   Later in that year the Lord laid the words, "Digging a Well" upon my heart.  Not understanding at the time why the Lord had placed the topic upon my heart, I wrote those words in the front of my bible and left them there.  There were times I thought I should share with others these words but always decided against it.  These words just sat in my bible until October 2010.  It was close to eight years laterwhen the Lord confirmed to me in a powerful way, "It's time to release the words."

The seeds were there all the time but they wouldn't flourish because I had tucked my flower of faith into the front of the bible, closed it and never told others about them. 

   Upon being obedient to the Lord and experiencing such an awesome trip to the Guadalupe Mountains, confirming that faith, my daughter created a blog for me. She placed a description of the blog at the top.  In the description it said a book is being compiled.

   Did I truly have the faith that I could write a book? 

   Absolutely not! 

   Did I have faith that God could write a book?

   Absolutely!

   What was required of me in order for the seed to germinate is the removal of the words from the front of my bible and placed out into the open.  The Lord being the Living Water would be the one who would bring this seed to life. 

   What seed of faith do you have tucked away somewhere?  You know the spot and can remember the day you placed that seed there.  The Lord may be showing you it's time to open it, remove the seed and place it outside the area to where the Lord can pour the Living Water over it. 

   Just as I was able to see the Lord use that small seed in my life, you also will be able to see him use the seed you have hidden away.  I promise you, I didn't have the ability to do what the Lord had chosen for that little seed, but upon releasing it, God provided everything I needed to accomplish the task. 

   I must truly say that I am thankful the words, "Digging a Well," in the front of my bible are not just three words that are tucked away for only myself to see. They are now words I pray the Lord will use in each person's life that reads the book.  I pray one of the seeds from this book will fall onto their heart and spring forth even more seeds to be scattered, fertilized and spread abroad.   Let's begin a dandelion type of faith.

And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour. Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
(Matthew 17:18-20)