365 2014 Day 31 Rescue

It can happen so fast, the forgetting. I forget how to laugh, how to play. I forget who I truly am. I wake up not even needing the to do list I left on the counter the night before. It is etched in my mind and weighs on me like a mountain. There is so much that needs to be done. I simply cannot remember what is important anymore. The urgent has taken over the important. I blurt out questions to my husband as fast as they come into my mind. I begin to cry. I need help with this business thing I am trying to do.

Trying. To. Do.

I put in a load of laundry, make a few phone calls, and end up back in the kitchen thinking about that endless list when my phone chirps from my back pocket. It is a text from my husband. “You need some smile today. I’m going to saddle up Sam for you.” I didn’t even hear him leave the house. Glancing out the window, I can see him down at the barn tightening the girth around Sam’s fuzzy middle. A smile edges in slightly around my worried mouth. I exhale that breath I have been holding in all day.

A few moments later he is standing at the front step with Sammy in hand. ” Your noble steed, my lady” he smiles. I laugh. Yes, okay. I remember this. I swing a leg over Sam’s back and I am 5 years old again. The squeak of the leather, the feel of the reigns in my hands. The smell of horse. Yes, I remember now. Chris stands there beaming and videoing me as I ride down the drive. Who deserves to be loved like this? I am so blessed. As we amble down the road the stress and worry roll away. It’s just me and Sammy. I let the soft clip-clopping of his hooves soothe me. He is happy too and lifts his tail as we take off a little faster. He is also remembering and finding joy in the ride.

I have been rescued by a valiant knight,  an amazing man who loves me with a crazy I-will-do-anything-for-you love. And he means it.

You may not have a husband riding up on a horse for you today, but you do have a God that has loved you this way from the very beginning. In fact, he loves you even more extravagantly, even more lavishly than this. He loves you more than you could ever imagine. My prayer is that you will know him that way. He wants to meet the desires of your heart.

Look at me. He gave me a cowboy. 

He wants to help you remember who he made you to be.

 

Ephesian 3:20 ~”Now glory be to God, who by his mighty power at work within us is able to do far more than we would ever dare to ask or even dream of—infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, or hopes.”