05/06/2025
Faith in Horsemanship & Our Daily Lives
โToday I found myself expanding my thoughts and pondering the character trait of faith. You know the Bible tells us in Hebrews chapter 11, that faith is a substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not yet seen. ๐
๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ! First of all, without faith in God it would be impossible for me to do most of what I do. We need faith in our family, faith in our friends, faith in our horses even. ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐. So, when I do anything with him, I trust him. When I step up on his back, I have faith that I am going to come home tonight and that I am going to have a great ride. What is faith? Well think of it like this, when you flip the light switch, what do you expect to have happen? You expect the light to come on. You flip the light switch in faith, knowing that it is going to come onโฆ.. you pick up the reins in faith, knowing your horse is going to stop. You ask him to back up in faith, knowing that he is going to back up. He has to have faith too; he has to have faith in you. For him to have faith in you, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฎ๐ฅ. You actually have to be dependable and consistent for him. When I think about faith, I honestly think it is one of the ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ค๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ in all of our lives.โ
Just the rambling thoughts of another sagebrush cowboy. ~Ken
๐ธ Photo: 2025 Homeraised Diamond-McNabb Ranch Horses sale horse Sterling ๐ซ