One rainy afternoon I was driving along one of the main streets of town, being extra careful because the roads were wet and slick. Suddenly, my son Matthew spoke up from where he was sitting. “Mom, I’m thinking of something.” This announcement usually meant he had been thinking about some fact for a while and was now ready to explain to me all that his seven-year-old mind had discovered. I was eager to hear.
“What are you thinking?” I asked.
“The rain,” he began, “is like sin, and the windshield wipers are like God wiping our sins away.”
“That’s really good, Matthew.” Wondering if we could learn a little more about the subject, I asked, “If it rains again tomorrow or maybe next week, I’m going to have to turn my windshield wipers on again. What does that tell you?”
Matthew didn’t hesitate one moment with his answer: “If we sin again, God will forgive us.”
I will always remember this little lesson whenever I turn my wipers on.
ML-06/08/2003