The Test of Family
For many years now, we’ve thought of our best friend’s family as family. We’ve been blessed with two friend’s whose families have adopted us and made us feel home. We cherish the love we get from them.
But somedays, I wonder why the Lord brought into our lives an accident prone family. Wow! The things that have happened to them since we’ve known them. I guess my brother never really did anything to get hurt growing up or even now- probably just lucky that his stupid decisions in life haven’t hurt him yet. So I didn’t have to deal with brothers getting hurt growing up.
But, now our friend and his brother, goodness gracious! As I write this I realize that it had actually been a while since either of them injured themselves enough that they went to the doctor. I guess it was just overdue. One injures themselves riding four wheelers or working on his house. The other’s passion for horses may one day actually kill him.
Well, the overdue came yesterday. Our friend was practicing roping and his thumb got stuck in the rope. Needless to say, we got the call from his brother that he was in the ER. I pray that he gets to keep his thumb and will have mobility in it. He and those horses! Thankfully he was around others this time. The last time he went into the hospital thanks to a horse accident, he broke his leg and was alone, in the middle of a pasture, and unable to reach his cell phone.
His brother, well, he’s not any better really at being safe. Just off the top of my head, he’s put a nail through his hand, collapsed a lung, and got a concussion when he flipped the four wheeler.
But you know, I look at how much they love their lives and the things that there work provides them. It makes me wonder if it’s the unsafe things in life that lead to the good things in life.
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