My Dad was a very smart man, but there were times I thought he did some very questionable things. However, in retrospect, I have to admit most of the things he did, taught me valuable lessons in life.
There was the time Dad came home with a blind pony. Everyone in the family said, "What in the world are we going to do with a blind pony?"
Thinking back, that blind pony taught me more about life, and absolute trust than anything ever could have. It took her a while to learn her way around the barn yard without bumping into things. Initially, she had to be lead to her food and water. She never forgot. She depended on other animals and her colts to guide her around. She was a very attentive mother.
When I saddled and rode her, she depended on me to not let her get hurt or run into anything. She would run like the wind when you wanted and she could tell by the sound of your voice when you said "whoa" whether she was to make a quick stop or just slow down. She would jump ditches and jump over fences without hesitation by the way you talked to her and held the reins. She had absolute trust.
During the times when my cousins, nieces and nephews came to visit, she never resisted as she was harnessed to a little wagon. For hours she would pull that little wagon around a path in our side yard as if she could see exactly where she was going.
We all could use a blind pony in our lives. I've had mine and I would not trade the experience and lessons in life for anything.
Knowing Jesus is a lot like being a blind pony. Jesus is showing the way. He is guiding the reins, He is watching for the ditches and fences. He has made the path. We must have absolute trust and he will help us gallop through this life and into the next.
Jesus said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life". (John 8:12)
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