A faultless ride

Judith Shepard

It was a beautiful fall day. A friend and I decided to go horseback riding. My instructor suggested a trail ride. We happily agreed to it.

Just before we had left to go riding, my mother had pointed out this passage from the Bible: "Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever" (Jude 1:24, 25). As a pupil in the Christian Science Sunday School, I knew it would be helpful to pray with these verses whenever I dealt with horses. They remind me that God is the only power, and that He keeps all His creation in perfect harmony.

Our trail ride started out wonderfully. I was on Montreal, a safe and reliable trail horse. My instructor was on a "green" horse. (A "green" horse is one that hasn't been on the trails very often.) Her horse became difficult to control, so we decided to cut the ride short. We took an alternate path home that involved crossing a creek unfamiliar to the horses. There was a steep bank we had to go down. I started Montreal down it, but was suddenly surprised at his quick, backward movement. I tried again. This time he reared and refused to go forward.

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