Through the Ears of a Horse

Life is best viewed through the ears of a horse

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Good morning, Beautiful

I’m not going to lie. From time to time I find myself in the dreamy hours of the morning longing for the day I can roll over and hear the words “Good morning beautiful” come from the man of my dreams. Ya know, the guy God made to be my partner…someone who loves horses almost as much as I do, will ride with me, will take me to a horseshow for a date, will understand my passion and obsessions with bits, tack and horsemanship, most of all - that guy that I can look across the bed at on a winter morning and say “Good morning babe! Will you go feed for me? It’s freezing out there.” And he will respond with a loving “I’d love to darling, you stay nice and warm…can I bring you your coffee too?”

Haha…Alright, I’m sure no one finds that quite as funny as I do. I apologize. Moving on.

Seriously, any girl…most girls in fact, catch themselves longing for the day they have that special someone to kiss good morning and goodnight. When we meet someone who makes our hearts skip a beat – it’s so easy to get caught up in the excitement and want to jump ahead of God’s perfect timing. It’s so easy to want to text /call/tweet/Facebook/email (pick your preferred source of modern day romantic communication) every morning and every night just to feel the comfort of giving and receiving a good morning and goodnight and a few x’s and o’s.

But is that really where we should draw our comfort from? Until you are at that point where it is clearer than the Oklahoma summer sky that God made you for each other – is it really healthy to allow yourself to get to the point emotionally where you can hardly stand going to sleep without hearing his voice or reading his text?

I’m not an expert on the subject…but I’m kind of thinking no. After all, Psalm 37:4 says: “Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.” If it’s a life-long companion and partner that your heart desires – Delight yourself in the Lord now…and he will give you your heart’s desire when the time is right.

So here is my challenge to myself and any other women in this lovely stage of life between adventurous girlhood and faithful wife -

·         Find your comfort every morning and evening in your Lord.

·         Instead of craving a good morning kiss; Delight in saying Good morning and Goodnight to your first love – Jesus. Try literally saying “Good morning, Beautiful Lord” When you first wake up.

·         Continue to respect your Dad as your leader on earth. Pushing our Dads away in order to “grow up and be on our own” will only fuel the God-given desire in you to have another man as a leader. Strong, independent women are still women…and God created us to desire a leader and protector. If anyone knows about wanting to do things on your own and be independent – it is me…but sometimes the need for guidance overrides the desire for independence – look to your Dad for that guidance.

·         Stay busy working for God – doing everything you do as if you are doing it for the Lord and not men. Sitting around and day dreaming about your future will not bring it about any faster, it will not encourage your mind to think only on whatever is pure, true, right and lovely, and it certainly won’t prepare you for that future. Working for God with your mind, body, and spirit will allow God to work in you and prepare you. God has a special work for you in every stage of your life, find your job for this stage and get crackin’! The Lord of the universe planned out this life special for you…trust him, he’s got this.

(Kelci L. Goad)

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