The smile says it all. She has been learning to ride horse. She doesn't seem to have any fears and she loves whatever we throw at her. Since we figured we needed a new guinea pig, we thought we would try doing something different with her when it came to trotting. Trotting is a gate that is bumpy. What happens is the kids learning to trot bounce all over the saddle and in the process pull back on the reins, which tells the horse to stop. After about 30 minutes of that the horses have had it and literally walk over to the hitching post and look at us like "Help; I am so confused."
We put her on a lunge line and we did the work and all she had to do was sit in the saddle and balance. After several weeks of going in circles with someone else directing the horse we turned the reins over to her and let her go. Instant sucess. She knew how to "sit in the saddle" so to speak and wasn't pulling back on the horses mouth and we had happy child plus a happy horse.
In life that happens to me so often. I try something that God is laying on my heart and I kind of mess up because it's new and I'm bouncing all over. I don't really want to ask for help because that would be "childish" so I brave it all alone. I bounce all over, I pull back on the reins, I keep giving mixed signals and eventually I come to a stop and give God this pathetic look "Help; I am so confused."
What does God do? He simply directs my attention to others who would come along side of me and "hold the reins" while I get the feel of the saddle. Others who direct and show me how to do what my passion is leading me to. We are not directed anywhere in scripture to go it alone. The entire New Testament church was about coming along side and being a community to help others walk where we have walk or in our case, trot where others have trotted.
We have a happy horse and a happy girl. Both understand what is expected of them and each can do their job. How much better we would do things for God if we teamed up with others and learned side by side...
