Have you ever had a moment or a day in your life in which everything seems to come together almost as if by magic? I had one of those this week and let me tell you as soon as things started happening, I knew exactly who to thank.
If you’re a regular reader of this blog then you know that about three months ago I had a serious fall while riding my young horse. It has been a longer road to recovery than I had anticipate, but by the middle of July I was riding our sweet little pony again. I call him my rehab horse. A little over a week ago I thought I was ready to get back on my mare. Boy was I wrong. As much as I tried, I just could not relax and trust her and let go of my fear. And because I was afraid, she was afraid. It was a disaster waiting to happen.
There are some obvious messages here about fear and trust and faith, but I’m what I want to share with you today is different. My horse needs more miles under saddle and I’m not in a place, mentally or physically to give them to her right now, so I got a recommendation for a fantastic trainer, who lives roughly three hours away. Late last week the trainer contacted me to let me know that she had a stall free and that I could bring my girl up anytime.
Now these two weeks are probably the busiest weeks of my summer with comic book conventions back to back. We arrived home from Boston on Monday and we are heading out today for Toronto. I had someone lined up to take her, but he wasn’t available until Friday and I wasn’t going to send her off to a new place alone. I basically had one day this week that was open to take her, so I resigned myself to sending her up next week. I mean, really what’s a few days, right?
We had also planned on picking up our new puppy Sunday night after Fan Expo since she was in the Toronto area. So then I thought, well maybe I could go up Wednesday this week and pick up the puppy to save us the extra driving after the convention, when we would be exhausted. At that moment the rational side of my brain kicked in, looked at the mountain of things to be accomplished in two days and dispelled that idea.
This is the moment when God stepped in and took over. When I arrived at the barn Tuesday morning to see the horses, a casual conversation with the barn owner revealed that there was a horse from our barn going up the next day to Guelph for surgery, and there was space on that trailer. A few messages later and my horse was booked. Okay I thought, I’m going to be close, maybe I can pick up puppy too? If you’ve seen my Facebook feed, you know the answer to that question.
The point is, I didn’t imagine, couldn’t possibly have imagined that all of the logistic Lego pieces could possibly fit together so easily and so perfectly. God surprised me. Without my even asking for help or realizing I needed it, He stepped in and solved my problems. I’m calling it my birthday present. But think about it. How many times in your life has God taken a seemingly impossible situation and made everything slide together as if it was always intended to be that way?
Some people call that luck…I call that my heavenly Father reminding me how much he cares. I am so grateful and blessed that God loved me enough to call my name, to pursue me and to welcome me as his child. Maybe you haven’t fully decided yet how you feel about God, but I promise you that if you are reading this, he knows exactly how he feels about you…YOU ARE LOVED.
God bless,
Meredith
Here’s a video that perfect echos that sentiment.
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