I had always heard that life goes by faster as you get older. This must be true. I just can't believe how fast the past year has flown by! It has been a year of adjustments. Both of my children have now grown and moved to their own apartments in other towns. It is different having more free time than I am used to, but I am still very busy with teaching, singing and of course, my horses.


This year is the year I want to try to do a better job of staying in touch with people I care about. This includes my family (especially my husband) and friends, and my animals, too, but also my relationship with Christ. I feel sometimes that Jesus gets ignored as I rush from one activity to the next. I know in my heart that He always needs to have first place in my life, and wants to talk to me through His Word and His Church. So it is my prayer that I will have open ears to listen to Everyone and let them know they are loved and appreciated. Here's hoping that your new year includes lots of intimate times with God, family and friends.
 
I don't know who enjoyed the snow day we had today more, me or my students at Westville, IL. I accomplished a lot of house cleaning and then treated myself to some special "horse time!"  I ended up covered with mud and horse hair. All is right with the world!
 
A horse will see a loose plastic bag floating through the pasture  and think he is about to be attacked and eaten. He will run in fear. His human  will see the loose plastic bag and see a piece of trash he needs to catch and  dispose of, so he will chase it down.
 
Humans that continue to learn about horse behavior will come to understand why the horse thinks the way he does and try train him for a safer,  appropriate response. The horse will always have difficulty understanding human reasoning, but will learn to follow and trust. The bond between horse and human is then made stronger.
 
We sometimes see difficulties as being so huge and scary we can't  face them. We want to run and hide. God has a different understanding of our circumstances--He is so much bigger than they are!  It will always be hard for us to understand that God's ways are not our ways. He will help us to learn a more appropriate response to trials if we will follow and trust Him. Through faith, our bond with God will become stronger.

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