Landing on the Ground

I have always considered myself a country girl stuck in the city. And in pursuit of my passions for the country when I moved here, I decided to take horseback riding lessons in the attempt of learning how to ride a horse. Instead of learning to ride a horse with a saddle, I soon found myself riding bareback. I quickly learned that my body had to be in direct rhythm of the horse in almost one fluid motion, otherwise I would very quickly be tasting dust and gasping for breath on the ground, which I experienced one too many times. As soon as I would start focusing on myself instead of the horse, I would get out of synch and end up on the ground. I find myself learning the same lesson when it comes to my relationship with God. I become too comfortable in my relationship with the Lord. I get out of synch and let things slip. I start focusing on myself instead of Him, and start to believe the lie that I can do it all by myself, because things seem to be going so well. But, I soon land on the ground and am quickly reminded of my complete and utter dependence on the Lord for everything. I’m so thankful for God’s grace, that even when I mess up, he still forgives. I’m so thankful that even though we don’t deserve it, he freely gives it to us, helping us up, restoring us to himself, and loving us beyond anything we can think or imagine. In Ex 15:2 it reads, “The LORD is my strength and my song; He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him.”