A little girl walked to and from school daily. > Though the weather that morning was > questionable and clouds were forming, she made her daily trek to the > elementary 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 frighten 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 into 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 girl would stop, and look up and smile. > Another and another were to follow quickly and with each, the little > girl would look at the streak of light and smile. When the mother > drove up along beside the child, she lowered the window and called to > her, 'What are you doing?' Why do keep stopping? > The child answered, 'I am trying to look pretty. God keeps taking my > picture.