Do You Run in The Rain?
You must have faith to acheive:
A little girl had been shopping with her Mom in Target. She must have been 6 years old, this beautiful red haired, freckle faced image of innocence. It was pouring outside. The kind of rain that gushes over the top of rain gutters, so much in a hurry to hit the earth it has no time to flow down the spout. We all stood there under the awning and just inside the door of Target.
We waited, some patiently, others irritated because nature messed up their hurried day. I am always mesmerized by rainfall. I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens washing away the dirt and dust of the world. Memories of running, splashing so carefree as a child came pouring in as a welcome reprieve from the worries of my day.
The little voice was so sweet as it broke the hypnotic trance we were all caught in "Mom, let's run through the rain," she said.
"What?" Mom asked.
"Let's run through the rain!" She repeated.
"No, honey. We'll wait until it slows down a bit," Mom replied.
This young child waited about another minute and repeated: "Mom, let's run through the rain,"
"We'll get soaked if we do," Mom said.
"No, we won't, Mom. That's not what you said this morning," the young girl said as she tugged at her Mom's 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 stopped dead silent. You couldn't hear anything but the rain. We all stood silently. No one came or left in the next few minutes.
Mom paused and thought for a moment about what she would say. Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being silly. Some might even ignore what was said. But this was a moment of affirmation in a young child's life. A time when innocent trust can be nurtured so that it will bloom into 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," Mom said.
Then off they ran. We all stood watching, smiling and laughing as they darted past the cars and yes, through the puddles. They held their shopping bags over their heads just in case. They got soaked. But they were followed by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the way to their cars.
And yes, I did. I ran. I got wet. I needed washing.
Circumstances or people can take away your material possessions, they can take away your money, and they can take away your health. But no one can ever take away your precious memories...So,don't forget to make time and take the opportunities to make memories everyday. To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven.
I HOPE YOU STILL TAKE THE TIME TO RUN THROUGH THE RAIN.
They say, it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them, but then an entire life to forget them.
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Well once i dried my eyes i felt better and you are right we should run through the rain and have some fun while doing it. thank you for sharing this.
Children have a way of bring life into perspective, not able to do much of the running these days but still manage to splash around with my grand children
Hello John, truly magnificent my friend. May Jesus Christ bless all that reads this message for within it is a secret that will totally astound you, amen. Bye have a blessed day....
Words can be just words, but when they are put together like you have they bring a tear to your eye and a lump in the throat, thanks for yours , today they are needed.
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Hello, Sir, you got me thinking whileI am trying to follow you through down the paragraphs. If you can not get the job done at the very monent that it's requires, you will never meet the target instead you will keep struggleing with life.
Spending time having memoiers of life will helps you to sharp your life to the direction you wants it to go.
It is good to remember where you are coming from to help you to know where you are now and you can decide which way to follow.
If you can understand your present, you will appericate your past to enable you to forgive your self in the area where you have fallen short in life.
You will have the advantage to learn the lessons that life had for you there.
You will be assure of every circumstance that life presents to you because you have the memories how it treated you last time, so this time you are the decision maker here and the nature will respects your decision because you have the authority of the creation.
You are made to live here on earth: so every of your decision will be respected.
If I am the daddy, I will believe the mom when she told him that she will not get soaked if you run through the rain like the little girl believed and remained her mother what she said early.
It is very important in life to sit to the target. Even if you shoot and miss. At least you ready had an expreince and it is very easy platform to begging again.
I always enjoy the time I spent having memoies of my life. Sometime I found out that the current circustances at present had occured sometime ago and the memories of the past will give me quick access to ran through the the situation.
It is a fanstic moment if you know how to use it and it runs like a ray of lighting to taughts to keep you out of trouble if you keep constant paritice and it will guide you throughout the journeys of life.
I wish I can flow my self very well because this an excellent post. It gives life a meaning and I am not the type that will go by without giving this post a crediable comment.
I don't know what was the reson you had to ran with them through the rain as well but as for me I will see it as an another opportunity to run through the rain once again because in the world of an aduilt, people will see it as abormomal.
When I was going up as a child you can never keep me out of rain.
Sometime my mother used to locked me up in the room not to come out because I must play under the rain nomatter what it is.
Rain fall is a blessing to the earth, to the fram produce and cool the temperture of the sun and so many others.
I wish I can put down what is coming to me but for the fact that I am not flowing well from inside. Maybe because of one thing or the other let me drop here.
Sir, thank you for sharing this post.
Kwuazu.