I drove past a farm/house place the other day with a whole bunch of horses. It's over on Elliot east of Power if you know where I'm talking about. I took my eyes off the road (not too long, I am a good driver...occasionally) and I looked at the horses all couped up in their little fenced in area. There were at least ten of them, and they were just sitting there (some were standing there). It made me think of their lives, they have people to feed them and groom them and take care of them, basically do everything for them except the occasional horseback ride. My first thought was what an easy life that must be. This goes for pets in general too, I mean how nice would it be not to have any worries or struggles, how nice would it be to get everything handed to us? But then I thought, where is the life experience in that? What good is being taken care of if you stay couped up all the time, unable to see the world and experience new, and sometimes bad, things?
I know I sometimes feel that life is too hard, that my struggles are too much to handle. Especially when I am feeling down, it's so easy to get stuck, to feel like I can't or don't want try to be happy and see the brighter side to things. It's when this happens that I think of the horses, how easy they have it. But you know what, they don't get to experience the world like I do, they don't get to experience God's creation, or his love. The best thing about struggles is that we have the ability to learn from them, the ability to grow as a person because of those negative experiences. This time last week, I was down in my circumstances and consumed by negativity, but you know what, in the past week I have been fortunate enough to come out of that, to see the bigger picture. Because the truth is, God placed us on this planet to live and love; he placed us here as a part of His plan. And our struggles are a part of that plan, he calls us to persevere and build character and hope in Him. I have so much hope for my life knowing that God will work through it, that He will be there throughout the pain and the joy alike. Yes, we could have an easy life all constricted inside the fence, but where's God in that? His love has no bounds...let's love life and life's opportunities and rejoice and the good and the bad!
I know I sometimes feel that life is too hard, that my struggles are too much to handle. Especially when I am feeling down, it's so easy to get stuck, to feel like I can't or don't want try to be happy and see the brighter side to things. It's when this happens that I think of the horses, how easy they have it. But you know what, they don't get to experience the world like I do, they don't get to experience God's creation, or his love. The best thing about struggles is that we have the ability to learn from them, the ability to grow as a person because of those negative experiences. This time last week, I was down in my circumstances and consumed by negativity, but you know what, in the past week I have been fortunate enough to come out of that, to see the bigger picture. Because the truth is, God placed us on this planet to live and love; he placed us here as a part of His plan. And our struggles are a part of that plan, he calls us to persevere and build character and hope in Him. I have so much hope for my life knowing that God will work through it, that He will be there throughout the pain and the joy alike. Yes, we could have an easy life all constricted inside the fence, but where's God in that? His love has no bounds...let's love life and life's opportunities and rejoice and the good and the bad!
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