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Safe horseback ride home
When my family and I were staying in a hacienda on vacation, we decided to go horseback riding. While we were riding, it started raining and thundering, and the horses were frisky. I don’t horseback ride a lot, and I was getting scared. The guide came over to help me with my rain poncho. As I was trying to put it on, my horse was trying to run away. I couldn’t hold on to the reins and put on my poncho. The guide held on to my leg and the horse’s reins while I struggled with the poncho. I was praying silently, “Father-Mother, God, help me know this is Your pony.” I finally got the poncho on, and we started to head back to the hacienda.
As we were going, a second thought tried to come to me, “I hate this pony!” But I stopped myself at “I ha…,” and an angel thought said, “No, this pony is created by God, too, and since we’re both ideas of God, we are perfect.” I understood that both of us were governed by God.
Then, we rode back and my pony was quieter.
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June 2, 2014 issue
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Letters
Judy, LittleChild, Pauline R. Noorts, Brett L. Stafford
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Big prayers plug us in to progress
Abraham McLaughlin
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Surfing with Spirit
Rick Gaspard
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The race set before us
Cynthia Clague
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"Perfect and pure, ineffable in beauty..."
Photograph by Wendy Rose
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Blessings from the creator
Brian Hall
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At the top of the list
Patricia Gantt Reiman
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Lifeguarding prayers
Sidney Fox
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Safe horseback ride home
Louisa with contributions from Marjie
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Of stones and bones
Biff Bigbie
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No more neck or head pain
Jyoti Bajaj
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'A spiritual foundation of Christ healing'
The Editors