Have you ever had something you needed to do, but you just couldn’t? Have you ever started something that you knew would add value to your life, but felt as if every time you got started, obstacles got in your way? That happened to me and this is how God literally took me by my hand and walked me through my journey.
As many of you know, we have a small farm that is in it’s infancy of breeding Gypsy Cob/Gypsy Vanner (they are the same) horses. I have three stallions on my property, Buzz an 9 year old who is experienced at live cover and two yearling stud colts. A big part of being a breeding farm is the ability to offer the sale of your stallion’s semen, either via fresh cooled or frozen to mares who aren’t close to you. This is especially important for me because my two yearling colts are the only two in North America with their particular bloodlines.
I started my journey by reaching out to friends and neighbours who breed their world champion Clydesdale stallion to find out how they collect him for shipping. They were extremely helpful and even let me come and watch them work. The next step was procuring an AV (artificial vagina). Unfortunately this was my big stumbling block. My vet couldn’t get me one, and when I finally found one online, it was back ordered to June. This was a HUGE problem, because my friends had a fertility expert coming down to collect and freeze their stallion and mine. I gave up. I told myself this wasn’t going to be the year. It just wasn’t in the cards. I was tired and I literally didn’t have the ability to push through this obstacle. This is the moment that God stepped in.
There is no other way I can describe what happened this weekend. I received a phone call on Friday night from my Clydesdale friend who told me the repro expert had an AV I could use and she was going to be calling me. She did, 5 minutes later. Now, here is where we start to really see the hand of God, because we didn’t just need my stallion and an AV, we also needed a mare in heat to “tease” him to do his job. For those of you who don’t know horses, mares cycles naturally from May to October. If you want to breed your mare in the winter months, you generally have to put them under lights, because it is hours of daylight that trigger their heat cycles. My ponies live outside, the days aren’t even 12 hours long yet, but thanks to God and his perfect timing, my 2 year old filly was in heat. A miracle!
This weekend went perfectly. My stallion, Buzz, was a perfect gentleman and my filly was such a good girl and we were able to train Buzz to be collected, not once, not twice, but three times! And not only that, we also got enough of a sample to freeze. God is so, so good. And this weekend, not only confirmed for me that I am walking the path God wants for me, but also, that when he wants something for you, even you can’t get in the way. Praise be to God.
Keep praying, keep taking your problems to God, keep making him a part of your life because you never know when he’ll take you by the hand and part the waters for you too.
God bless,
Meredith
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