| One
rainy afternoon
I was driving
along one
of the main
streets
of town,
taking those
extra precautions
necessary
when the
roads are
wet and
slick. Suddenly,
my daughter,
Aspen, spoke
up from
her relaxed
position
in her seat.
"Dad,
I'm thinking
of something."
This
announcement
usually
meant she
had been
pondering
some fact
for a while,
and was
now ready
to expound
all that
her mind
had discovered.
I was eager
to hear.
"What
are you
thinking?"
I asked.
"The
rain! ;"
she began,
"is
like sin,
and the
windshield
wipers are
like God
wiping our
sins away."
After
the chill
bumps raced
up my arms
I was able
to respond.
"That's
really good,
Aspen."
Then my
curiosity
broke in.
How far
would this
little girl
take this
revelation?
So I asked..
"Do
you notice
how the
rainkeeps
on coming?
What does
that tell
you?"
Aspen didn!
't hesitate
one moment
with her
answer:
"We
keep on
sinning,
and God
just keeps
on forgiving
us."
I
will always
remember
this whenever
I turn my
wipers on.
Isn't it
distressing
to know
that when
you forward
this message
you will
not send
it to many
on your
address
list because
you're not
sure what
they believe,
or what
they will
think of
you for
sending
it to them.
Funny how
I can be
more worried
about what
other people
think of
me than
what God
thinks of
me.
In
order to
see the
rainbow,
you must
first endure
some rain.
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