It's been an exciting couple of days here on the ranch. Yesterday was my first day off in six days. That felt like a long time to be working. And by day off I mean I get the time between morning and afternoon chores off. None the less we went to Colorado Springs and went biking. It felt really good to be on a bike again and it was a nice 10 mile loop. After that we went up to the Garden of the Gods and went rock climbing. There were some great views, but the altitude starts to hit you when you're climbing at 10,000 feet. We ended with lunch at this really cute little place in Old Colorado City. It was very nice to get off the farm for a little bit.
God has blessed me in remarkable ways. All I could think yesterday was how fortunate I was for all He had done for me. Bringing me to Colorado, learning this horsemanship that brings the meaning of riding to an entire new level, and getting to see all of these places. The sky and the clouds out here scream God to me when I look at them. The Garden of the Gods was really created by one God, my God. His handy work is all over it. Being in such a beautiful place was truly a sign of how great my God can be. I never would have thought that my life would turn out how it has to this point, and I am thankful for a God that can create better plans for my life than I can.
Being on this ranch it is clear that I am the least experienced with this kind of stuff. Give me a dressage saddle, sure I can do that. Dressage people have this way of doing things that just makes sense in my mind, probably because that was my foundation. But doing things out here is completely different. Things that were logical back at dressage farms are not the same here. Like at every other barn you got off your horse and led them to be untacked, here you ride them everywhere you can and open all of the gaits on top of them. There are just enough little things like that that can really wear you down after awhile. I would start to get frustrated that I wasn't taught this way from the beginning, because it is not easy jumping into it and being expected to do it. But then I have to stop and think about what Jesus has done. Jesus has prepared me for my path. Not Mindy's, Terry's, or Erin's journey, but my own. He has given me every experience that I will need to fulfill His plan. And ultimately, if I'm doing what God intended for me to do than that is all that matters.
Oh, and He has certainly given me some control over a rope. Slowly but surely it's coming.
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