Yes, Even the Pollen

   Do you thank God for everything that comes your way or just the good things? In Job chapter 2, Job, rebukes his wife for wanting to curse God for the bad things that had happened to him. Job, himself lost all his earthly wealth, his children were dead and he was physically afflicted with sores, rotting skin, never ending pain and was starving to death because food no longer had flavor.  Even in those conditions he chose to praise God.  He replied, "You are talking like a foolish woman.  Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?"  In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.  Job 2:10
   I love nature, I love God's creation to be in it and be in awe of the greatness of it all.  It is so easy to thank him for a warm spring breeze, a warm spring day and even a spring shower.  What about the pollen, He created that too?  Here in the South you have about two weeks where you can leave your windows open to cool or warm your home after that, POLLEN.  I guess you could leave your windows open, if you do not have allergies or like everything being covered in yellow dust.  Here it is thick and yellow and covers everything you own, even your children.  You can rinse your cars off in the morning just to have them yellow by lunch.  We don't have smog in the spring we have pollen fog.  Go for a run or walk and cars just dust you with pollen.  It would be like living in Seattle and taking a walk after it has rained and every car that passes you covers you with water.  Here it is pollen.  My black hair looks like a bumble bee.  It is very easy to to complain about pollen. It is very easy to not thank God or praise Him for pollen.  Really, why would you want to? 
    Well, if we did not have pollen, flowers, plants and trees would not blossom and grow.  In a couple of months you would miss the beauty that pollen lives behind.  You would miss the life it gives to all the life outside.   Pollen also shows us something about God, His persistence and constant love.  God's love is sticky you don't get it when you want it and wash it off when you don't.  He just comes back even thicker and stronger.  Saying I still love you, there is no place you can not go with out me. I cover everything. 
   So I am going to chose to praise and thank God for that yucky sticky stuff.  Which he uses to uniquely add color and life to this world around us.  Try today with me just one time to say thank you God, for the precious reminder of his greatness and love.