07/06/2025
More rain.
We didn't feed the horses grain this morning...
..and gave them a half ration of hay.
They had been standing out in rain all night and hadn't been able to sleep because their stalls were flooded.
We received record amounts of rain for days and the paddocks were flooded and a sloppy mess.
That morning I asked the horses to trust me.
They were mad. They wanted breakfast.
They couldn't understand what good could possibly come from withholding food.
We pulled them out early and started to saddle some of them.
The look in my mares eyes as I plopped a saddle on her back was one of astonishment!
She definitely had a "WTF?????" expression.
"No sleep, can't lay or roll, no breakfast, and HALF the hay, and NOW you want me to carry your butt around! Really?".
She made it clear she was BIG MAD....THIS should be fun, I thought.
I whispered "Can you please trust me".
We couldn't pull the horse trailer out because the mud was so deep.
We rode and ponied the horses to a friends who offered green pastures and dry stalls to escape the mud.
Our walk with God is much like what was going on between us and the horses that day!
How many times do we NOT understand?
How many times are we angry with God because nothing makes sense yet He whispers to trust Him.
To the horses, it made no sense and had they bucked us off and ran back towards home...
they would have missed the green dry pastures that were prepared for them.
We're going through a difficult time right now....most people I talk to are, too. It's the world we live in.
Nothing makes sense but I can feel God's still small voice whispering to trust Him.
Don't grow weary.
Don't look back.
Don't "buck and flee to the flooded stall".
Remember Lots Wife.
Keep walking forward and persevere.
God sees a bigger picture that we cannot comprehend.
Just like the horses could not comprehend why missing breakfast was good.
They had to endure hardship for a while to get them to where they needed to be.
Just like us.
Aaaaand let me tell you...
When we arrived, hot and sweaty and hungry, at that beautiful barn they finally understood and ran with joy through the lush grass and my mare turned around, locked soft eyes with me and clearly said thank you! š
Keep persevering. Don't give up.
God is a good good Father. You are a child of God. God is with you. God is for you. God will never leave you. Walk by FAITH and not by sight. Just keep walking.
*please share... lots of us need hope these days and I pray this story helps others keep pressing.
Credit: ~ Horses that Help
