When the Shoe drops…
I whipped into the McDonald’s parking lot, heart beating as I parked my car. While throwing my door open, I reached in to grab my coat and purse from the back seat. Trying not to slip in the snow, I made my way to the Ford F250 that was waiting for me with my family inside. And we left for the longest ten-minute drive of the decade.
We were greeted by the warmest smile and brightest blue eyes that you will come across. As Sharon led us to her pasture, I could hardly contain my joy. My girls thought we were there to buy something from their garage, but my husband and I shared the secret—on this Tuesday, we were meeting our first two horses for the ranch. Danny and Frankie. Two miracles that can’t get to our pastures soon enough. And these miracles are a GIFT. Literally…a gift. Sharon is gifting us her boys because she believes in the heart of Seven Hills and wants to be a part of it.
Isn’t it beautiful? And yet, if we rewind the clock just ONE week prior when I visited 2nd Chance Ranch, my tears would be revealed coupled with the angst from the waiting. The darkness of doubts. The fears of the impossible. If you saw my income, you would agree. IMPOSSIBLE. And YET….I shout it out “YET!” GOD IS BIGGER. When you partner with Him, He has already made the way and you get to walk the path of the unveiling.
And on that same GIVING Tuesday, I received an email of two other horses that would be a perfect fit that were available for adoption. While we aren’t able to take them at this time, I know there is the great, big, bolded word YET on my banner. The Lord gives, and He gives abundantly.
So if I remain in this space of transparency of my fears and angst mixed with joy and disbelief, I will also admit to you, my dear reader, that there is a part of my spirit that holds its breath. There’s a silent lying whisper in the background of all this goodness…letting me know that something will keep this from happening. Things this good never come through for ME. THE SHOE WILL DROP.
If there’s one thing that I know and stand on, Jesus is more than enough. And if the shoe does happen to drop, HE will give me a second one. And I will put them both on, partner with my amazing Lord, and keep running this race.
“See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” Isaiah 43:19
