Trust in the Lord

Perfect Peace Farm gets it's name from Isaiah 26:3, which is as follows:

"Thou will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee; because he trusteth in Thee."

I also feel God has included Isaiah 26:4 in verses He is directing at me. 

"Trust in the Lord, for the Lord Jehovah will give you everlasting strength"

Sometimes it may be hard to fully trust, but it is at those down times that trusting is most important.  It is the faith that I lean on, the "trust" and belief that everything will turn out alright, no matter how deep that valley may seem, how hard the struggles are, He gives me the strength I need.

I believe in naming my horses names that have some kind of religious meaning, even if in only a small way, but every single one that I have named has had a religious theme.  It is my small way of witnessing my belief.  It sometimes helps open conversation about God and what He has done for me, my family, and my animals, those gifts He has bestowed upon me.

This life with horses has not always been easy, people telling me to quit and find something else, that maybe God wants me on another path, maybe God didn't want me to have a certain horse because of some roadblocks put up at different times, but I see what God has intended, maybe not at certain moments, but when I look back, I see reasons for them all.   There are a few I don't know, yet, but those are lessons God is currently teaching me and I will eventually learn the lesson I am to learn from God.  

People will say things about how much money they have cost me and my family, how much heart ache, and more and these things do hurt me, but they do not see the reasons as clearly, they do not see the purpose, maybe it is because it is my path, my purpose, and not theirs, that they do not see and why they question so much.

My whole life I have felt God leading me to horses and no, it has not always been easy, but God never said it would be easy to walk the path He has laid out for us, we just must trust Him that we are doing what he wants and that He will give us the strength we need and what we need, when we need it.

Each horse I have named may plant some seed in someone that might get them asking questions about God, it may lead them down the path of salvation and that could lead more people down that same path.  It could be someone I never meet, someone reading a racing program who sees the horse's name, someone at a show who hears the horses name called out, who knows, but God knows.

As Marq Your Bible has recovered from his rough July, it has not been easy on any of us that are involved with him, being patient and waiting for him to get better, but I trust God that it was just another lesson in patience and that He will reward us for learning our patience lesson.  No, I do not expect a champion, maybe not even a stakes winner, sure that would be nice and i know all things are possible with God's help, so it is possible, but I know not to expect it.  I pray God allows Marq Your Bible, who we affectionately call Marcus, to race to the full ability and talents God has granted him and that he keep him safe, and please God, no more thunderstorms on race days.

So, I will continue to trust God and like a quote I just heard last week: 

"When God closes a door, I will praise Him in the hallway."

Because, I know he will eventually open another door or re-open the one that was closed, when He says it is a better time.