One of the things I love to do is go to horse shows and "shoot" kids riding. This last weekend was a show near home so after the Pleasure part was done we took horses home and came back. I brought the camera and just sat and took pictures. One of my favorite events is Jump Figure 8. They jump their horses over a small jump, do a figure 8 around three barrels and come back through the jump. This young man has been riding horse since he was able to sit up. Not only is he a sweetheart, but his name is Tyler. We call him little Tyler as my boy is named Tyler and 150 pounds bigger! Sunday Tyler's horse went airborne and so did Tyler. He really loves it when she does that; and might I say she's on the older side of the horse life. He stayed with her and came back down in the saddle, continued on his way and won the class with the best time beating his older sister who generally takes all the trophies.
So how can I when life sends me over a jump and I lose my normal "seat", how can I come back down in the saddle and keep going? If you ride horse and fight the natural flow of the horse you will come off the horse. If you go with the flow, the speed, the beat, the airborne moments and go with the beat of the horse, you will have a better chance of keeping your balance and staying with and on the saddle.
God gives me the ability to roll with the punches; if I choose to. I have the chance to kick against the momentum or go with it. It's easier to direct a rolling rock than try to move it when it's in a hole. Go with the flow God has set in your life. It may take you places you really hadn't planned on going, but go with the momentum God is creating rather than buck against it. Ironically, God is stronger and will win anyway, so just flow with the bucking horses in your life and hang on!!!
