Why?

Twenty-some years ago, took my son of four on a walk. This was our special time, for he had many questions about the world. When we would go on these walks, it was his time to ask why?

Why is the sky so blue papa?

I said it wasn't always blue; there was a time it was clear and you could see how the light was pure from the sun. But to answer your question, the sky is blue because of sin.

What is sin, why did it turn the sky blue?

Once man lived in a perfect world, and he was told not to eat from this one tree in the garden where he lived. His wife gave him the fruit, and he ate it because he loved her more than God. Sin is not doing what our Father in heaven the one who created you and me, everything.

Along pause, so God made the sky blue, because he was sad?

Well, you are half right. God allowed humankind to continue to live life, but not in the garden. With the wind, and the smoke from fires man made, they gathered water on little specks of dust. Then clouds grew, and the sky got darker. On a good day like today, the sky was slowly turning blue.

Why did God make the clouds?

He knew someday that man would sin too much and he would make it rain.

Papa, where does the rain come from?

Well, you like me to tell you a story?

Why, I want to know where the rain comes from.

Okay, the little pieces of dirt and smoke that made its way to the sky gathered water from the air.

How did the dirt get in the sky and the water?

When it became hot during the day the water evaporated, which means little drops of water raised into the sky, and then it found the dirt the wind had blown around in the sky. A wonderful thing happened it formed clouds.

But where did the rain come from?

When the clouds could no longer hold the water, it fell to the ground, called it rain. I believe they are called heaven's tears.

Why do you call them heaven's tears?

Was God crying?

Yes, Son, God was crying and they all the angels because humankind was sinning.

Why did they sin Papa?

They did what they thought was right in their own hearts. They did not obey Father the Creator, and that is called sin.

WOW! People made it rain?

Yes, by not doing what was right.

Papa, I am glad the sky is blue, and the sun is out today. When it rains, I will remember God is crying.