It's a vivid memory. As I rode "Trigger" one afternoon, she was startled by a loud noise. Her front legs quickly rose high into the air, which threw me off the saddle and onto the ground with a thud. Repeatedly, her front legs rose then lowered, stomping my leg each time. She was my pride and joy. She didn't intend to hurt me. She was simply afraid.
Little did we know that my leg then had a hairline fracture from my knee to my ankle. Days later, I fell inches from the ground while playing leapfrog with my brothers...and my previously fractured bone broke into two pieces. A very slight "hinge" in the bone saved it from exiting my leg. I was in a full cast from thigh to ankle for six weeks.
My parents put me in various places throughout the day. My favorite was our front porch. According to them, I would sit on that porch and "sing my heart out" for hours.
Anytime I needed to be moved meant being carried. Eventually the cast was removed and I actually had to learn to walk once more. My parents made a very wise choice. They placed me back on Trigger as soon as I was able. I was thrilled to ride again.
I still remember the "stomping session" from Trigger. I remember Dad immediately bandaging my leg. I remember the doctor placing the cast on it. I remember sitting on that front porch and singing. I remember feeling disappointed that I could not ride Trigger anytime soon.
Yet what I remember most is being carried by my parents. There was just something about knowing that they would lift me up, hold me and move me to a new place when I couldn't move on my own.
Isn't trusting God like that? Sometimes we are so broken, burdened or weary that we are only able to move because God carries us. He loves us enough to pick us up, hold us, heal us and move us to a new season of life.
Someone recently commented about some of my health concerns. I wish I didn't have them but I don't see them as burdens. For I know that God carries me each day. If circumstances remind me to lean on Him even more, I am deeply grateful for His love and faithfulness. I have no doubt He will carry me wherever He wants me now and later. I simply wish to continue singing praises to Him until He carries me Home. Who knows? Maybe He will even let me ride a horse to Heaven!♥~thl
"For I am the Lord, your God, Who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear, I will help you." Isaiah 41: 13
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