After a long deliberation and many request I have decided to start my blog up again. I had many people horsey and non-horsey that have asked if I would continue to post things daily. Since the Mustang Makeover last year, things around here have really picked up. Training, lessons and events have doubled and we could not feel anymore blessed. Danial and I both know that it is God that gives the increase and we are thankful for his blessings. Since I am much busier I had a really hard time deciding to do the Mustang Makeover this year. After thinking long and hard I have decided to do it.
The Mustang Heritage Foundation has really upped the anne this year. They have renamed the Makeover the "Mustang Million" www.mustangmillion.com . They are adopting out 1000 horses and they have got HUGE jackpots in many different classes. The Legends class winner is going to get $250,000 and a Dodge Pick-up. The doors are wide open for all that want to enter. The have 12 different specialty classes. They have even made it to where if you want to just sponsor a horse you can or even get a trainer to help you train or start your own mustang. It is really neat. The rules this year are this. First, we have five months instead of four (good news). Second, the last weekend of April I will be going to the first of two auctions to adopt my "guinea pig" for the year. Third I can choose any age and any gender that I would like to try. Now my job is to find a good one and to get started as soon as possible. FYI They are still taking entries if anyone is interested.
As far as this blog goes....I will be tracking the progress of my mustang as well as giving daily devotionals on what God has taught me through each day. There are many times in our day that if we just would look at the little things God can reveal himself though it. The problem is that many times we don't listen close enough. For instance today I went out to the barn to check on the horses. Yesterday, a new training filly came in and I hadn't really gotten the chance to look at her. So I went over to the wood round pen hoping that she would make her way over there and move around for me. As I called I noticed that she wanted to come out but something was holding her back. I went into her stall to drive her down the run to the round pen and she refused to go. The last few weeks it has rained something horrible and it had made the run to the round pen pretty yucky. The horse being a horse, didn't want to go in the mud. I thought this horse has been here 24 hours and hasn't even walked out of her stall. I went and grabbed a halter and lead her through the mud, down the run and into the round pen. After leading her twice back and forth she realized that it wasn't all that bad. When I let her go in the round pen she trotted around and played like it was so liberating to be out of the stall. I thought it was funny. I sat and watched her run from the round pen to the stall back and forth skipping and jumping around. She reminded me of a little girl the way she played. Tonight I went to church and on my way home I started thinking about how God calls and calls us to the good stuff...a place where we are free to play. But instead we just stay in our little box because we are worried about the muck and mud that we have to go through sometimes to get there. We sit there wanting to be free and happy and even though the door is wide open we choose not to leave. God doesn't want us to stay in our comfort zone. Just like this little filly sometimes we need God to take us by the hand and lead us into the unknown. I wasn't loving the fact that my boots were getting all muddy, but I love horses. Even more than my boots ( I really love boots!). Our Lord is the same way. God loves us so much that he doesn't mind walking through the muck WITH us to lead us to the path where we can be free in Him. I can only imagine how He feels when He can sit and watch us enjoy the things that He gives us. I am sure that a little "mud on His boots" never bothered HIM. The bible says in Heb 13:5 That God will never leave us or forsake us. Isaiah 48:17 says "I am the LORD your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go.”
I want to welcome all of you to follow the blog even before the mustang event. I grow a lot by writing it. I hope that you grow a lot by reading it. I will pre-appologize for my horrible spelling LOL!
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