This is Why I Praise You!

It seems this has been the year for frightening phone calls while teaching at work.  First it was numerous about my sweet Granddaddy, then it was frightening scares about a non responsive nephew, and then there was yesterday.
Yesterday I called my husband to check in on him a few minutes before work let out.  The first words out of his mouth were, "Don't freak out OK?"  Um...stupid thing to say and scariest words that no one ever wants to hear.  He proceeded to tell me this story.
He had worked the past few nights.  On his last morning he usually goes fishing.  So yesterday morning once he got off he headed towards the river and caught several fabulous fish!  Lots of large ones!  I was proud. :-)  Anyways, on his way home he ran off the road.  While rounding a curve, he ran off the road and crossed over the oncoming lane of traffic, into a ditched area.  He then over corrected.  His boat flew off the trailer and into the tree and down the ditch into a creek.  His trailer then pushing his jeep around and backwards across the other side of the road into a light pole.  The boat was totaled and the jeeps back door was dented in.  The tire on the back stopped everything.  Insurance will cover everything.  Which, that was the least of our worries.
Where John wrecked was directly beside a huge cliff of water and a concrete bridge no more than a foot away from where he ran off on both sides.  His skid marks stretched vertically from each end of the road.  He never hit his head or hurt a muscle.  No one else was even involved or came close to hitting him while rounding the curve.  He was protected by God the entire time.  We don't care that the boat is totaled or the Jeep has to be fixed.  We are praising God that he is OK.
There is something interesting about the way that God made me. Once I found all of this out I was calm and thankful that he was fine.  I never got upset or frightened because John was OK.  John was completely upset that his boat was totaled.  He loved it so much.  I was being strong for him.  Anytime another is sad or hurt I'm instantly made stronger.   I love that about how God made me.  I was strong as long as I could be yesterday afternoon and last night.  It never truly hit me until last night when all was quiet and all I heard was his breathing that I had next to me.  He was sleeping and I just laid there staring at him.  It was then that I realized how blessed I am that he is HERE.  I cried and cried and cried some more.  I am so so thankful for him being here.  I praised God for keeping my husband safe and unhurt. It is a miracle that he is still here, God and THAT is why we PRAISE YOU!