Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
We traveled to Iowa to spend thanksgiving with my sister, and what a great thanksgiving it has been!
Unmistakable beauty surrounds us, the endless rows of corn, the huge farms, barns. The vast country side that seems to go on forever. The solitude feeling of not being able to see any other houses from here.
I look around, seeing all the different sights, and stand in awe of our creator. We have so much to be thankful for.
" Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you." 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
~KayK
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Another pony post
Today, was a great day!
This post will be a follow up like on my previous post, " Pony's, Jonah, and other such things"
Went riding again today, in a western saddle ( So I was much more comfortable with what I was doing.) And the horse picked up the canter the second time! The overflowing joy that came with that simple, couple strides of the canter was amazing.
The only way I can put cantering in words, to say that it has to be the closest thing to flying. My instructer also had a great day, she got her horse to canter around the ring three times, with out trying to buck her off. ( Hes a bit of a challenge)
Its funny, how much easier it would have been for all of us if the horse would have just done what I asked in the first place. Yet instead, he just fought and fought and fought last time. He wouldn't do what I was asking of him, and he paid for it in spending a lot longing in the riding ring that he would have if he would have just listened in the first place.
How often do we just fight and fight with God, not wanting to do what he asks of us? we think we know what is best for us, so we just push him aside or try not to think about it...
He's asking, and asking, yet we just don't listen? Why can't we just do as he asks, and trust that hes not going to lead us stray? The horse has to trust me that I am not going to ram him into a fence, or make him do something hes not ready to do. In the same way, we have to trust God, that hes not going to lead us into something we're not ready for.
" Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make strait your paths." ( Proverbs 3:15)
~KayK
This post will be a follow up like on my previous post, " Pony's, Jonah, and other such things"
Went riding again today, in a western saddle ( So I was much more comfortable with what I was doing.) And the horse picked up the canter the second time! The overflowing joy that came with that simple, couple strides of the canter was amazing.
The only way I can put cantering in words, to say that it has to be the closest thing to flying. My instructer also had a great day, she got her horse to canter around the ring three times, with out trying to buck her off. ( Hes a bit of a challenge)
Its funny, how much easier it would have been for all of us if the horse would have just done what I asked in the first place. Yet instead, he just fought and fought and fought last time. He wouldn't do what I was asking of him, and he paid for it in spending a lot longing in the riding ring that he would have if he would have just listened in the first place.
How often do we just fight and fight with God, not wanting to do what he asks of us? we think we know what is best for us, so we just push him aside or try not to think about it...
He's asking, and asking, yet we just don't listen? Why can't we just do as he asks, and trust that hes not going to lead us stray? The horse has to trust me that I am not going to ram him into a fence, or make him do something hes not ready to do. In the same way, we have to trust God, that hes not going to lead us into something we're not ready for.
" Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make strait your paths." ( Proverbs 3:15)
~KayK
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Adventures on the AuSable
Huron Forest camp Cedaridge, is a place that does, and will forever have a part of my heart.
I've been going three and a half hours up into Michigan for eight years now. My older sisters started the tradition, and I continued.
This past year, I had the wonderful experience of going on a trip my camp offers, " SOAR" (Surviving on the AuSable river)
We spent 5 days canoeing on the AuSable river, and yes, sleeping and eating at camp sights along the river. What I think made the trip so special, was that I got to spend it with my wonderful two older sisters, right before my oldest sister got married and left for Iowa. ( T-minus 2 weeks until we see her!:)
One night, we decided to take our canoes out and star gaze, ( easily one of my favorite nights!:)
We paddled our canoes out to the middle of the river and gazed at our Fathers handy work, looking up at the blankets of stars made so clear out in the pitch dark of night.
Another night, we all gathered around the fire, and lifted our voices to God, singing every worship song that came to mind. ( Plus the ones on the sheet we brought!:)
The first night, we played to be what I would guess about and hour and a half to two hours of a game called Ninja. The point of the game is to make one swift motion, and try and slap someones hand to get them out! We played well after dark, and many, many, many more times through out the week! I must admit, as much as I love the game, I really am awful! but I got through it, even I was even the runner up, once!:)
The last day was the hardest, we had about double the miles we normally had during the week. But we made it, through winds and rain and cold, we made it to Lake Huron! We paddled ashore, parked our canoes, got ice cream, and played on the beach.
The memory of that week, and all of my other weeks of camp are still clear as day in my memory. I look forward with great anticipation to next year...
"I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus." ( Philippians 4:13)
~KayK
I've been going three and a half hours up into Michigan for eight years now. My older sisters started the tradition, and I continued.
This past year, I had the wonderful experience of going on a trip my camp offers, " SOAR" (Surviving on the AuSable river)
We spent 5 days canoeing on the AuSable river, and yes, sleeping and eating at camp sights along the river. What I think made the trip so special, was that I got to spend it with my wonderful two older sisters, right before my oldest sister got married and left for Iowa. ( T-minus 2 weeks until we see her!:)
One night, we decided to take our canoes out and star gaze, ( easily one of my favorite nights!:)
We paddled our canoes out to the middle of the river and gazed at our Fathers handy work, looking up at the blankets of stars made so clear out in the pitch dark of night.
Another night, we all gathered around the fire, and lifted our voices to God, singing every worship song that came to mind. ( Plus the ones on the sheet we brought!:)
The first night, we played to be what I would guess about and hour and a half to two hours of a game called Ninja. The point of the game is to make one swift motion, and try and slap someones hand to get them out! We played well after dark, and many, many, many more times through out the week! I must admit, as much as I love the game, I really am awful! but I got through it, even I was even the runner up, once!:)
The last day was the hardest, we had about double the miles we normally had during the week. But we made it, through winds and rain and cold, we made it to Lake Huron! We paddled ashore, parked our canoes, got ice cream, and played on the beach.
The memory of that week, and all of my other weeks of camp are still clear as day in my memory. I look forward with great anticipation to next year...
"I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus." ( Philippians 4:13)
~KayK
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