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 son Matthew spoke up from his relaxed position in the front seat. "Mom, I'm thinking of something." This announcement usually meant he had been pondering some fact for a while and was now ready to expound all that his seven-year-old mind had discovered. I was eager to hear. "What are you thinking?" I asked. "The rain," he 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, Matthew."
Then my curiosity broke in. How far would this little boy take this revelation? So I asked... "Do you notice how the rain keeps on coming? What does that tell you?" Matthew didn't hesitate one moment with his answer: "We keep on sinning, and God just keeps on forgiving us." Who can drive in the rain again without thinking of this one???
(Author: Unknown to Me)
PAGE DEDICATION
To My Friend
Jim
Thank you for sending this to me to use.
FROM THE HEART OF ANGEL
This story
reminded me of some of the thoughts that I had as a child/young
teenager. I loved to watch it rain and to smell the freshness of the
earth after the rain was over. I often thought that the rain was the
tears of God. That they were being shed because of sin, but not only
sin it was tears for all the emotions that His creation was feeling
and expressing to Him in prayer. And years later a story jogs my
memory of how simple things were back then and how true my feelings
were and still are. And yes the rain will continue as will tears.
Tears are suppose to be the cleansing of the soul as the rain is the
cleansing of the world. Think about it.
