A red-haired, freckle-faced, six-year-old girl was shopping with her mom. It was pouring outside, rain gushing over the top of gutters. Several people stood under the awning patiently waiting. Others irritated because nature was interfering with their hurried day. The little girl’s voice rose above the downpour, “Mom, let’s run through the rain.”
“What?” Mom asked.
“Let’s run through the rain!” She repeated.
“No, honey, we’ll wait until it slows down a bit.”
The young child waited a minute and repeated, “Mom, let’s run through the rain.”
“We’ll get soaked if we do,” Mom admonished.
“No, we won’t! That’s not what you said this morning,” the young girl said tugging at her arm.
“This morning? When did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?”
“Don’t you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said, ‘If God can get us through this, He can get us through anything!’ ”
The entire crowd was struck silent. Not a sound was heard but the rain. Mom paused and thought for a moment about what she would say. Some might have laughed it off or scolded the child for being silly. Some might have even ignored her. But this mom chose to affirm her little girl’s faith.
“Honey, you are absolutely right. Let’s run through the rain. If God let’s us get wet, well maybe we just needed washing.” And off they ran, smiling and laughing as they darted past the cars and right through the puddles. They got soaked. But they were followed by a few others who screamed and laughed like children all the way to their cars. Suddenly, getting wet didn’t seem like such a bad idea.
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