LIFE MELODY

One rainy afternoon I was driving along one of the main streets of town,
taking those extra precautions necessary when the roads are wet and slick.
一個下著雨的午後，我在市區開著車。雨天路滑，我特別的小心。

Suddenly, my daughter spoke up from her relaxed position in her seat.
"Dad, I'm thinking of something."
突然，我的女兒從她的座位上說：「爸爸，我在想一件事情。」

This announcement usually meant she had been pondering some fact for a while,
and was now ready to expound all that her six-year-old mind had discovered.
I was eager to hear.
通常當我的女兒這樣說的時候，就代表她已經思考了一陣子，
而她現在也準備好要發表她那六歲小腦袋瓜所發現的。
我非常的期待。

"What are you thinking?" I asked. "The rain," she began,
"is like sin, and the windshield wipers are like God wiping our sins away."
我問：「你在想什麼？」
她回答：「雨。」
「就像罪，雨刷就像上帝洗刷我們的罪。」

After the chill bumps raced up my arms I was able to respond.
"That's really good, Aspen."
在我起了雞皮疙瘩後我說：「很棒，Aspen。」

Then my curiosity broke in. How far would this little girl take this revelation?
So I asked.. "Do you notice how the rain keeps on coming? What does that tell you?"
Aspen didn't hesitate one moment with her answer:
"We keep on sinning, and God just keeps on forgiving us."
然後我開始好奇，一個小女孩，能從這裡得到多少啟示?
所以我又問：「你有發現雨一時下下來嗎？這告訴你什麼？」
她絲毫不猶豫的給了她的回答：「我們不斷的犯罪，但上帝也不斷的原諒我們」