"...yes I know Heavenly Father loves me."

I have had some interesting insights over the past few days...too many to document, and some too personal, but before I forget them all, I thought I would write one in particular down.

I was reminded this week that Heavenly Father loves my husband, and that love manifested itself in a wonderful way.

When I first met Bryan, one of our biggest things in common was our love of the outdoors.  At one point in our marriage, we contemplated buying a cabin and just living in the mountains forever :).  Whether it's camping, hiking, biking, swimming...anything outside is Bryan's favorite.  He loves nature!!!  He loves pushing his body to new limits.  He loves the feeling of exhiliaration you get as you reach the crest of a mountain.  But as time goes on, those passions are becoming more and more difficult for him to do.  That being said, Bryan was invited to a family activity that we both knew was way more than he was capable of doing at this stage of things.  He, however,  felt strongly that he needed to make every effort to be there.  I was very, very scared about him going, but I agreed with him that he needed to make the effort. 

So off he went.  I spent the better part of that morning trying to decide between two songs he would like sung at his funeral and also hoping that someone on his excursion would take a picture or two of him for me to have because he is always the one behind the camera, and so I don't have many good pictures of him...I know, I'm a freak!  Luckily, I had friends who were able to help keep me busy and keep my mind from wandering to scary places for the better part of the day.  18 hours later to my faithless amazement, he came home to me in one piece :)  He was able to enjoy the entire outing, and made it home safely.  He was in a lot of pain when he got home, but was still able to function.  For him to be able to spend a day admiring God's handiwork was a precious, precious gift.  You never know what the future holds, so for him to be able to enjoy that time, it was nothing short of a miracle, and I do not use that word lightly.