AJ Patnode and Family

Reflections

In the Rain

OK. The other day I was in the rain. Me and my puppy dog Mages. Well it was sunny at first so who needs a rain hat not me! We got very near to the park and the sky just poured out on to us. Mages looked at me like ooww aaaa yuk. Now I looked foreword and said lets keep going so we got to the park under some trees. I looked at that rain and said what good is this yucky rain stuff stomp stomp went my feet in to a puddle. As Mages shakes and gets me all muddy aaaaa better use the walky talky to have my loving wife come get us. (we always take them on walks just to keep close to A.J.) Mages likes that.but instead I just stood there and asked God to show me why I need to be all wet like this.so to my surprise God did?

Then the rain all came to life it was very cool. I saw that every droplet was like a person on there own journey some place. The drops wore all separate like us in our lives. All the drops fell down to the earth. I noticed that lots of the drops got together to form a smaller stream that moved all over the growned and in several different directions. Well people follow each other to like this and have know idea of where they are going to or why. At the park is a small lake. I looked and all the streams near me flowed in to it. Ducks and fish live in this lake hmm. On the other side of the lake is a bigger stream that leads to a river. God showed me how it takes lots of individuals like the drops to work as a team to give the ducks and fish a place to live.

Then I remembered that at the end of all the rivers is the ocean. The biggest body of water on the earth. God was showing me this to see a part of him self. Mages and I did not see yet what was going on here or may be it was just me that could not see yet. As I stood there all wet looking at all the stuff I never did see before in the rain. I began to see a whole lot of things in my life that was like the rain. I thought how we all will be a part of God some day if we follow the right streams in our lives. There is so many small things we miss every day that makes up a whole day. I am now trying to see if I can see more of these things. I see in some of the streams. I have been in they moved so fast. I could not see the lake in front of me. I still don't think I do?

I don't know why I am E-mailing this to you. But I am guessing that God want’s me to? As most of you know I do not like to write much. There is no tomorrows only this moment use it to talk to our Father "God". He wants to know us better.

I now find the rain to still be very wet on my head as I walked home in the rain with Mages my puppy dog. Next time I should bring a hat.

MIKE PATNODE
May 99

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