I saw a post on facebook today about showing livestock, which was a HUGE part of my life growing up. After I posted about how much my ag teachers meant to me and how I wouldn’t be who I am without them I remembered my mom! Ag was literally my life growing up I loved showing, I loved having horses, I loved going to judging and leadership competitions with my classmates. But sometimes I forget that there was someone behind the scenes funding my “love”. As you can imagine raising cattle, lambs, and horses wasn’t cheap. They require food, bedding and medicine and those are just the basics. When I got to my junior year of high school our family went through some really bad stuff we moved and left all my animals behind everything that I lived for we just had to leave. My mom eventually got us back up on our feet and she was able to get me new animals to show but not without great sacrifice on her part I am sure. (truth be told I have no idea how she did it and I’m literally sitting here in amazement just thinking about it) That was the amazing thing about my mom, no matter what she was going through no matter what her burdens were she never let them effect my brother and I. She made things happen and made the last 2 years of high school amazing despite the hardships she was facing. My mom is an amazing woman, and I don’t think that we really appreciate our parents and their sacrifices until we are older and we are looking back. I never knew the things my mom sacrificed or protected me from just so I could continue to show animals and live out my love for FFA and I probably never will, but I do know that if my mom loves me that much to do those things and shes a human then Gods love for me far surpasses my moms love for me.
We don’t know everything that Satan has planned for us,but God does and God protects us from much more than we will ever realize. God makes dreams a reality in ways that we will never be able to fathom. God gave the ultimate sacrifice, he gave his life for us so we can live out those dreams that he has placed on our heart! God wont place a calling or a purpose on your heart without already having the logistics of it worked out. God sees far past anything we think of, he knows all and sees all.
So in the last few days this has brought me great comfort. Because I have struggled with my fundraising goals and this calling.But in the end I know I am called to the WR I know God is going to use me in ways that I cant even begin to imagine to further His kingdom. I just need to be open and willing to go and do everything he has called me to do. That’s all he needs, a willingness! He will take care of the rest. So friends just be willing to be used by God. Lay your burdens down he will pick them up! Have faith that if he has called you, he will provide.
