Abounding in Love and Faithfulness

A seven-minute progression from our first ride with Florence

Florence and Gambler 

That would be God. And I really love Him as of late. Like, holy wow. How did I get so blessed?! So overwhelmed with God's glory and blessings. He's so gosh darn amazing, you should get to know Him if you don't already. ;)

So, let me start from the beginning.

I've been feeling very frustrated. In a holding pattern. Like I couldn't teach Gambler the more refined things he needs to learn in his training. And it sucked, because I just didn't want to ride, period, because we weren't getting anywhere. So I just didn't ride. And that made things worse.

So I applied for a job, in order to make more income and take lessons. I didn't pray. I went in all cocky.

Gambler yesterday before my lesson with Heather

I didn't get the job.

So I prayed. And then I went to the saddlery one day and there was a sign for a woman, Florence, who was looking for horses to ride. For free. She's a dressage rider, wanting some time in the saddle.

I prayed some more, and emailed her.

She emailed me back half an hour later, with an exuberant, "YES! I would love to meet Gambler!".

Hallelujah!!

We talked on the phone for a good two hours that night and set up a time for her to meet Gambler this past Wednesday.

It went amazingly. She loves Gambler, and he loves her. I also adore her. She is so kind, funny, encouraging, and talented. She is going to be riding Gambler once a week for me, and I will hopefully take lessons from her periodically. She is very gentle, yet demands respect in a kind way. Gambler responds very well to her.


I also had a lesson yesterday with Heather. Gambler was not that well behaved, but she worked through it with him, and he was doing really well by the end.

The good news doesn't end there, though! Florence wanted me to get a dressage saddle, but I don't have the funds for that. Well, I've been praying, and a brand new dressage saddle literally fell into my lap.

Gambler and Heather

Florence came back out today, and did another training session. We lunged Gambler in side reins, which has been a really helpful tool in teaching him to stretch down, and then she rode for about ten minutes, and I rode for about ten minutes. We worked mainly on stopping Gambler just with our seats, and it was so cool!

So there's my little spiel about how blessed I am and how awesome God is. I'm so happy. :) So blessed to have some amazing horse people in my life!