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To Walk With Jesus

Pat Erickson “Long Time Partners”

Buck Brannaman is one of the original “horse whisperers.” For years he was a student of Ray Hunt and also of Tom and Bill Dorrance, all followers of a horse-training movement called. “natural horsemanship.” We know it by its more common name, ‘Horse Whisperer.’

A movie was made of Buck Brannaman, simply entitled “Buck”.  The movie follows Buck from one horse ranch to another where he holds horsemanship and cattle-roping clinics.

Buck said that he has been training horses since he was 12-years-old. He said that he has been bitten, kicked, buckled-off and run over. In the movie, Buck confessed, “I’ve tried every physical means to contain my horse in an effort to keep from getting myself killed. I started to realize that things Continue reading “To Walk With Jesus”

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How do I Forgive Someone who has Hurt Me?

The other day I felt like I had been terribly wronged by a friend. I felt betrayed, let down and hurt. I wish that I had left it at just feeling hurt, but I didn’t. After I had thought a while about his actions and his words, my feelings turned from hurt to anger. “Why did he do that?” Why did he say what he did?” “Why did he hurt me?” But most of all, why was I so angry?

That night I went to bed angry. Yeah, as a Christian I know we are not supposed to. Paul says Ephesians 4:26 “Do not let the sun go down on your anger.” But I did and I didn’t sleep a wink all night.

Next morning I knew that I needed to do something about this and the thing I needed to do was to forgive him. No matter how wronged by him I felt and no matter how hurt, the thing I needed to do for my own physical, mental Continue reading “How do I Forgive Someone who has Hurt Me?”

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A Selfless Act of Courage that Saved Others

John Wayne said, “Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.”

Enough good cannot be said about Kendrick Ray Castillo, the High School senior at STEM School in Highlands Ranch, Colorado who tackled the shooter at the STEM School shooting, an act of bravery that probably saved the lives of many other students.

No one knows what went through the mind of this brave young man before charging out of his seat and tackling the gunman. But according to reports his action was instantaneous, without thought for his own life or well-being.

Truly it was an act of bravery and courage. Had it not been for him and the aid of the other two students who helped tackle the shooter, others possibly would have been either wounded or killed.

Young people going to the dogs? Not on your life! I bet my-boots any day on a generation of young men and women like Kendrick Ray Castillo.

May the name, Kendrick Ray Castillo be long remembered as the courageous young hero of Highlands Ranch, Colorado who gave up his life that others could live.

 

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He’ll Do to Ride the River With

“He’ll Do To Ride The River With” In the days of the old West, that was the highest compliment one cowboy could give another: “Here is a man you can depend on . . . A fellow you can count on . . . A guy you can trust! . . . A man who has your back!

In fact, when that is said about another, nothing else needs to be said. It speaks of his character, his integrity, his honor.

I’m not sure where that saying came from, but I assume it came from the days of the long trail drives when drovers were pushing cattle to railheads in places like Abilene, Dodge City, Wichita and Cheyenne. It was hard and hazardous work with long hours in the saddle. To survive the cowboys had Continue reading “He’ll Do to Ride the River With”

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Time Alone with our Heavenly Father

Have you noticed the number of times the Gospel writers mentioned Jesus slipping away so He could be alone with His Father?

• After feeding the 5000— Matthew 14:23.
• Before appointing the twelve apostles— Luke 6:12.
• Jesus’ withdrew “to the mountain by himself alone”— John 6:15.
• The High Priestly Payer of Jesus— John 17.

It strikes me that if Jesus needed those times to be alone with His Father, then it certainly behooves us with our human frailties to daily seek out those times too.

If you don’t already have a scheduled time to be alone with the Father, then Continue reading “Time Alone with our Heavenly Father”