Some time about last Tuesday, I was browsing Craigslist looking to see if people listed rabbits for sale on there. (I was wanting to post mine - long story). Just in passing, under Farm and Garden, I saw SADDLE BLANKETS $30. Clicked on it, and it was actually a stack of saddle pads and cover blankets. So next day I call the number and let the guy know I'm interested, and that I'd be in town over the weekend. Sunday afternoon in the rain, I roll into his place after having called him 20 minutes prior to give a heads up I'm on my way. He has me pull around back to a shed where he keeps his stuff. He opens the door and there is literally PILES of bridles, halters, hackamores, harness, brushes, combs, you name it. (But no saddles.) Turns out the guy used to train horses but got out of the biz about 8 years ago and is just now selling his stuff. So not only did I get the stack of pads and blankets, he threw in a halter, leather bridle, bit, and reins, leather breast plate, 2 brushes, 2 combs, and a rubber feed tub, all for $40. Forty dollars!! Incredible!! I don't think you could find any ONE of those items (less the grooming gear) for that much!! Praise the Lord!! It was even the kind of bit Annie is familiar with. Although, he did have a fantastic bridle with a snaffle bit that was identical to the bridles some of the wranglers used back at the ranch: rope reins and a lead rope all in one. I really, really like that style. Of course, I'd have no use for it with Annie, but maybe some day if I get a green horse I need to break or something ;-)
I was listening to an acquaintance talk Sunday morning about a pod cast he'd recently listened to by Kat Kerr, talking about heaven and that God loves us so much that he has created our mansions in heaven down to the smallest detail with the things that we love, and that all our gifts and talents will be used in full force. And I doubt this acquaintance knew enough details about me to use the specific things I love as examples, but that is exactly what he did. He spoke of me having an art studio with any tool or supply I could ever need, and getting to train horses, if that was something I loved (it is), and that I would bless others with that gift I've been given. It touched my heart so deeply I began to weep. When I was very young and people asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, a horse trainer was one of the things I replied. That was something I never took all that seriously, never believing it could actually happen. With my acquaintance's spoken word stirring my heart, I believe I could be again. Me, who knows so little about horses right now, could learn, and become a GREAT trainer, because it is my gifting and because of my relationship with God, and I could bless many with the horses I train. What a BEAUTIFUL thought. ~
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