" 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.
I swear that 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.

"Honey, you are absolutely right.
Let's run through the rain.
If God let's us get wet, well maybe we just need washing,"
Mom said. Then off they ran.
We all stood watching, smiling
and laughing as they darted past the cars and yes,
through 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 as 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 every day!

To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven.
Ecclesiastes 3:1