
Courtesy of Col. Joseph W. Mercuri |
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 six-year-old 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 rain keeps 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.
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