All the Pretty Horses

Our Josey Reunion pic finally came in, and it looks fabulous! I think it's Padre's best barrel racing pic yet. Well, it looks like today's barrel race is rained out. I haven't heard news on it yet, but it has been pouring down rain, so certainly they have called it off. I will call, though, to be sure. If, for some reason, they decide to carry on I will drive over there for my award, but I'm not gonna haul Padre off to run in the mud. Not with him being out of shape. I think I'm just gonna have to let the house become a pig-sty so I can ride. I had a mile-long to-do list for yesterday - I was going to stay up when I got off of work and just clean house, then start work outside at first day-light, and take a 3 hour nap before Jeff got home from work ... but, alas, the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry. My body was just too tired. However, my mind was "high" on God - I had been reading and fellowshipping with a co-worker, then singing in the truck and was just so happy over the greatness of God that I couldn't make myself settle down and go to sleep. When I finally did fall asleep Jeff's alarm started going off. Anyhow, to make a long story short, I ended up babysitting and visiting and got nothing done around the house. But, it was a great day. Any day spent with friends and family is a great day. Ah, but I degress.

In the last issue of Horse & Rider, there was a column in which the writer wrote about how she had called an "animal communicator" after a bad show. This "animal communicator" had really helped this woman's friends, so she decided to give it a try. The column was very convincing that this "animal communicator" was truly legite and could really get in your horse's mind and tell you what he/she was thinking and needed you to change. So, I got to thinking - "should I give it a try for Padre?" Is this wrong? Is this witchcraft, soothsaying, psychic stuff, evil tricks of the devil that God warns against? Maybe. I really don't know. I know it's not telling us the future, rather it's telling you what's going on right now. Still, it doesn't seem quite right - relying on a person to tell me what's going on in my animal's mind. Finally, as I was reading Psalm 139, it hit me - God knows my thoughts, of course He knows my horse's thoughts! DUH! So, anything I need to know, I can ask God, and I know He'll guide me to do the right things. As I asked Him to help me figure out what Padre needs to be happy, He brought some things to the forefront of my mind that I hadn't thought about, and some that were obvious. But, right now, I can do none of them. Pasture turnout - can't do it now. He wants to be closer to "the action", instead of being penned in the far pen, but I can't really change their pen order right now without some consequences I don't want to deal with. So, I prayed that God would comfort Padre until I can make changes that will make him happier. Sound crazy? I don't think so.

"If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him." -James 1:5