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NEED WASHING ??

Every once in awhile, you get an email that you want to share with the world - well this is one of them. We could learn alot from the young minds around us.

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 the
Target.

We waited, some patiently, others irritated
because nature
messed up their hurried day. I'm 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.

'Lets 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 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 lifetime
to forget them. Send this to the people you'll
never forget and
remember to also send it to the person who sent it
to you. It's
a short message to let them know that you'll never
forget them.

If you don't send it to anyone, it means you're
too busy.

Take the time to live!!!

Keep in touch with your friends, you never know
when you'll need
each other ~ and don't forget to run in the rain