Horses

Shout out to Dove Sister Dontaleisha Smith for that Bible study Monday!!

This week's series is about horses. Why? I don't know; I just like horses. I was thinking about horses, and missing home, and wanting to ride a horse. You know, horses are highly trained animals, but no one except their trainers really think about how they get that disciplined. I envy their discipline. (I know, that's a sin. Maybe I'm just jealous. Wait, that's the same thing.)

Because I'm a nerd, and I read a lot, I know just a little about the taming of horses. I know that they don't start out with a full person on the horses back. They put like, ten pounds on them first. Now to a wild horse who is used to nothing, this is a big deal. They whine, they pitch a fit, they cry "why me? I can't hold this, it's too much!" Ten pounds. Nothing, right?

But aren't we the same way? We feel a little burden, and we start our whining to God. Over ten pounds!

Little do these horses know, they can pull a whole carriage! Do you know that you can pull a carriage? Yes, you can. Like the horses' trainers, God knows how much each individual can carry, and He won't put more on us than we can bear. 1 Corinthians 10:14

Another aspect to this is the discipline. Do we never think about how the more trials we go through, the more we learn to lean on God? The more lessons we learn in life? The stronger we get? How it is much easier for us to resist temptation? The burdens that God puts on us, that may gradually increase, increase our stamina and give us discipline. After a while, our harnesses are going to be taken off, we get a little rest, and the next trip, when we find ourselves with a whole person on us, we feel nothing! We have this burden, yet we are prancing around, laughing, and having fun. Philippians 2:17, 2 Corinthians 5: 4-10. We may occassionally pull a carriage, but we have confidence that we can make it back home because of the discipline we have.

And because we know that our Trainer is gently guiding us, and can see when the burden gets a little too much, we never give up. 2 Corinthians 4: 8-9. We have peace and joy, even when we see those wild horses running through the fields; His love surpasses any other feeling of joy for earthly pleasures. Philippians 4: 4-7

~Dove Sister DeAnna~