Well, I have decided that Ryan definitely has a guardian angel. AND he keeps that guardian angel very busy.
I was thinking back. Here is a list of times the kid could have/would have been killed or maimed.
1. When Ryan was a toddler he pulled a statue with sharp edges on to his head. It sliced his head open, missing any of the vital parts of his head.
2. When he was about 3 or 4 a kid was mad at one of my other kids and threw a rock so hard it embedded into our house. It missed Ryan's head by inches.
3. When he was about 5 or 6 he had an alergic reaction that stopped his breathing. Obviously he survived. (Guardian angel for sure)
4. Ryan was eating something when he was about 7 or 8 and it got lodged in his throat. He went all night and half a day not even being able to swallow his spit. Rocky was going in for a colonoscopy the night before so he could not eat. We thought Ryan was just copying him and saying he could not eat. His grandma took him to the doctor the next morning while we were gone. But somehow the lodge came loose on its own. A couple of years later it happened again. This time we waited and nothing was getting any better so we rushed him to St. George to the emergency room. We were filling out the papers to admit him when he coughed and brought it up.
5. When he was about 9 I caught him going in circles on the 4 wheeler so fast that his body was literally off the seat and soaring like an eagle. One wrong move and he would have been toast. Needless to say he was grounded from the 4 wheeler for a good long time.
6. When he was about 10 he was helping fix a fence and sliced his leg open on the barb wire.
7. We discovered he had asthma and rushed him in the middle of the night to the emergency. He has had some episodes since then but never as severe as that one.
8. When he was about 15, I think, he was jumping the ditch while he was irrigating and the shovel somehow came up and hit him in the head. He had a concussion. Another emergency room visit. After that I can count at least 2 more times he got a concussion. They say after receiving one it is very easy to get another.
9. Not long after this last incident Ryan was riding on the 4 wheeler with his dad. They ran over a branch which for some unknown reason flipped up and hit Ryan in the head and sliced it open and he had to have stitches.
10. Playing football, Ryan got a very severe injury to his leg that put him out for most of that season.
11. Playing baseball Ryan hurt his leg one time and he tore his rotator cuff while pitching which caused him to need surgery on it later.
12. On his mission he was riding his bike and hit an uneven spot in the sidewalk which threw him off and maimed his bike, but he came out not too bad.
13. Another time on his mission a car hit him while he was on his bike. He was thrown up on the hood of the car and rolled off and had nothing but bruises to show for it. Definitely a guardian angel there.
14. And then there is this past Saturday. Ryan was helping his Dad out on the range. They were trying to load a bull into a trailer. They had roped the bull and were pulling him in. The bull was being difficult. Somehow the rope got tangled in the horses legs. The horse went nuts and was bucking and kicking. Ryan was thrown from the horse and his foot caught in the rope. He was thrown around and the horse kicked him in the head and cut it open. I do not know why he survived this. I do not know why he didn't have at least a concussion or a broken bone. Actually I do know why. He was watched over and I am so grateful.
I think Ryan has a purpose here. And I think it is an imp0rtant mission he has to fulfill. The adversary is trying to prevent him from it, but the Lord is protecting him. He is being sent guardian angels to watch over him. That is what I think.,
