Training

I thought I would share about one of my greatest horse training experiences. We had just had Lexi and was still in the process of renovating the barn into a place to live along with a place to train horses from. I was really stressed. I just didn't know how everything was going to work out and I am someone who likes to know and plan out every detail of my life. How in the world was I going to be able to support my new family.

I brought the first horse in for training into our nice newly renovated barn. I had built all the stalls by hand. Earlier that day I had filled a stall with straw, had put a couple of flakes of hay in the feeder and filled the water bucket. As I tried to walk the horse into the stall he bulked at the door of the stall. He would not even try to go into the stall. I was getting a little frustrated after he kept refusing to go into the stall. I just could not believe this here I was the trainer and I could not even get this horse into the stall how was ever going to be able to ride him. Finally I just turned towards the horse and said You Stupid horse what is wrong with you. If you just follow me all of your needs will be taken care of. I have a place for you to sleep, you will have food, you will have water, and for crying out loud I will even clean you up after you have made a mess of things. Right then I heard the Holy Spirit say THAT IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO TELL YOU!!!! WOW!!! You could have knocked me over with a feather. I had such a sense of peace at that moment. All the worries about how everything was going to work out just melted away. I am not joking you right then the horse just put his head down and walked right into the stall. Often in the Bible Jesus would communicate with the people on their level of understanding and I think on this day he communicated with me in such a way that I would understand.