"Please Keep Us Safe"

We are not a perfect family by any means...we were challenged by our Bishop to finish the Book of Mormon in one summer as a family...we got to Mormon by the end of August...YEAH! The only thing is that our Bishop issued that challenge two summers ago...oh well...you can't win them all! LOL! Anyway, that being said...we have been very good about having family prayer at least twice per day...usually morning and night! In every family prayer...whoever is offering the prayer...has always asked that each member of our family be kept safe throughout the day. Today...we have reason to rejoice for that blessing! David took Jared and the younger girls to the park tonight...and on his way home...Jared was standing up with his head out of the sun roof. (We sometimes let the kids do this just for fun as we turn onto our street and pull into our driveway) I'm not sure of the exact details, but as David was pulling into our driveway...he stopped pretty fast...and Jared's body lunged forward. Somehow, miraculously he just scraped the top of his head...instead of having his neck snapped. Just seconds before...his neck was right at the level of the edge of the sun roof...and it could have easily snapped his neck...or cut his throat. When David and the kids came in...we all gathered together as a family...and Jared offered a thank you prayer for saving his life. After the prayer...he said in the most innocent way, "Mom, I want to bear my testimony about this experience." Later he came up to me and said that during his prayer...he felt tears come to his eyes...and he asked me what that meant. I explained to him...that he was filling the spirit...and that it was confirming to him that the Lord had protected him...and that he was loved by his Heavenly Father. I am so thankful that Jared was protected...and I am ever grateful that through this experience he could gain a testimony that the Lord is aware of his needs...and loves and protects him. I pray that this testimony will carry on with him throughout his life upon the earth. Below is a "journal" page that he wrote and drew a picture of himself for...it is his own "testimony" about his experience. I hope you enjoy!