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Offline HOPE

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through the rain
« on: September 23, 2013, 12:54:55 AM »
NEED WASHING
A little girl had been shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart. 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, just inside the door of the Wal-Mart.
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.

Her 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 a 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 left. 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 need 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 got soaked.

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 every day.

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.

Bob Perks © 2001
"Hope is like a bird that senses the dawn and carefully starts to sing while it is still dark"

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Re: through the rain
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2013, 01:57:32 AM »
It was child's concept that if the God got them through cancer He can as well get through any thing like rain but in practice God will not let the humans through in the same way. If any body touches fire he will get burnt which is Universal truth. So it was child's thinking to get through any thing on earth if God wills ?The Child's thinking was right as per her age but things actually happen as per Law of Nature
May entire creation be filled with Peace & Joy & Love & Light

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Re: through the rain
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2013, 04:24:27 AM »
Peace,


Do look for the middle path in all things dear brother.  You focused solely on the mind disregarding the heart.  When we make tawbah for a transgression or seek help in adversity, we trust God with our heart to answer our du’aa with whatever He knows to be best.  We hang on to hope for we have faith that things will turn out to be beneficial for us as long as we continue to rely upon God.  Embrace the child in you, too.

"Hope is like a bird that senses the dawn and carefully starts to sing while it is still dark"

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Re: through the rain
« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2013, 02:35:44 AM »

Salaam.

Dear Hope,

“Say: O Allah! Lord of Power (and Rule) … In Your hand is all Good. Verily, over all things You have power.” (3:26)

Your post was quite awakening, and reassuring.

As I was reading it, it was as though I was transported to the sublime world of angels, the unswerving servants of God.

There is no doubt at all that God will get us through any difficulty.

If a heavy rain is a hindrance, the belief that He will get us through that hindrance is quite in order.

Letting us through (meaning, out of) any and every kind of predicament is of course God’s prerogative.

We have the example of Moses who said to his people who were under persecution, and, in dire straits:

“For help, seek God, and (wait) in patience and constancy.” (For the full verse, see 7:128.)

There is no doubt that patient perseverance takes time, and is a veritable, divine test for us.

God’s prescription, especially for illnesses is also the same: See 2:177.

Through the utter fury and astounding ferociousness of natural disasters, God saves whom He will. That has been demonstrated time and again at the end of the divinely mandated periods of the Blessed Prophets of God.

We witness it even today at the end of so called natural disasters.

So also every day throughout the world in what we call accidents.

How, or in what way, God alone knows.

“And your Lord said: Call on Me. I will answer your prayers. Verily, those who arrogantly refuse to adore Me, they will soon enter Hell, abased.” (40:60)

The mother and child dialogue shows that the child is progressing in the right direction. It also reveals the anxiety of the mother to guide her child aright.

Verily,

MORE THINGS ARE WROUGHT BY PRAYER THAN THIS WORLD DREAMS OF.

“So glory to Him in Whose Hands is the dominion of all things: And to Him will ye be all brought back.”
(36:83)

Regards,
A.Ismail Sait.