The Innocence of Children

weather that morning was questionable and clouds were

forming, she made her daily trip to school. As the afternoon

progressed, the winds whipped up, along with thunder and

lightning.

The mother of the little girl felt concerned that her

daughter would be frightened as she walked home from school,

and she herself feared that the electrical storm might harm

her child. Following the roar of thunder, lightning, like a

flaming sword, would cut through the sky. Full of concern,

the mother quickly got in her car and drove along the route

to her child's school.

As she did so, she saw her little girl walking along, but at

each flash of lightning, the child would stop, look up and

smile.

Another and another were to follow quickly, each with the

little girl stopping, looking up and smiling. Finally, the

mother called over to her child and asked, "What are you

doing?"

The child answered, "Smiling. God just keeps taking pictures

of me."