Miracles happen

The best gift I got today was one I already had, but that could have been smashed to smithereens if my Heavenly Father hadn't had my back.

We started out to dinner tonight and (I did something I never do) I stupidly set my digital camera on top of the car for just a sec... Right. Totally forgot about it, of course. To my surprise, several turns and blocks away, driving at 45 miles an hour... my little camera swings through my open window - cracked open just enough to admit it through - dangling precariously by my little camera string, case gone (ripped off and recovered later), just long enough for me to reach up and grab it before it could bang about and crash to the ground.

It was totally like an angel was holding it there until I could grab it to protect it for me.

Yeah I know you can explain it - the string just happened to catch a little in the door (my window just happened to be open enough to let it through, and keep it from swinging back out!). After other events of the day -- I totally feel like it was a little reminder from my Heavenly Father that He is watching out for me, that He knows me, and that He was protecting my sometimes fragile emotions. Yeah, it's just a little pocket camera - but... I'm really particular about my camera, low on funds to replace it willy-nilly, and having a little camera like that to capture memories of my kids is really important to me. I think He knew that losing it would have really not been good for me today! But having it swing through the window safely into my hands made me feel totally different from the way I had been feeling 2 seconds before that - when I had no idea my camera wasn't safe in my bag in the car, and I was dwelling on a misbehaving child and other aspects of my day and life that I wasn't feeling too happy about or in control of.

I've been in a reflective mood today. (And though I am far from perfect and far from a pillar of strength...) I'm so grateful for my Heavenly Father's influence on my life. The good habits and blessings I have from being raised with his gospel and knowledge of his eternal plan. It's so easy to get weighed down by all the hard things in life - it's nice to be reminded that there is more to it than what I am currently caught up in, that I'm a daughter of a Heavenly Father too, who really does know and love me and have His own wise plans for me and my family. I am thankful for my camera, and my testimony. This incident gives me hope that some other good things will swing into our lives soon!