Saturday, August 18, 2007

Built to serve

My daughter Courtney has begun taking horse riding and grooming lessons.  Today I went with her to meet the horse and also the owner/trainer that Courtney is working with.  She is growing to love the whole phenomenon of horses and is starting to dream about having her own one day.  I learned a great deal about these fine animals and actually had a chance to comb down (or curry) the horse.  There were several horses in this stable.  One black horse seemed unhappy and was trying to bite the  bars of her stall.  Her name was Secret and she seemed to be holding some kind of unhappy secret inside.  I was told that she was the youngest horse there and was sad because she is ridden the least of all the horses in the stable (which are owned by different people).  It seems that the horses want to "work" and when they don't get enough opportunity they become somewhat depressed.  I was also told that when Secret is ridden her whole countenance seems to brighten and she's visibly happier.  It made me realize that God made all his creatures to experience purpose.  He certainly has plans in mind for us and important purposes to complete through our lives.  Like the horse, Secret, I think some of our unhappiness, at times, comes from feeling we're not experiencing or fulfilling a significant role.  I think we should expect purpose to be part of every day.  We want to feel the weight of something meaningful on our back and know the satisfaction of completing work that we were meant to do by our wonderful Lord, who makes all life to glorify Him!
 
Psalm 36:5-6 God's love is meteoric,
                      his loyalty astronomic,
                           His purpose titanic,
                               his verdicts oceanic.
                                   Yet in his largeness
                                       nothing gets lost;
                                            Not a man, not a mouse,
                                                  slips through the cracks.
 
blessings,
Rob Smith

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