God misses nothing. He’s looking out for us. He’s listening to our prayers.
From 1 Peter 3:12: “For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their prayer.”
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Race to Nowhere
The annual county fair wraps up most of its activities on Saturday, and the PRCA rodeo highlights the day’s events.
Professional cowboys travel to this small town every August in search of top prize money as they show off their skills. However, the real adventure and fun arrives at the end of the rodeo competition.
Every year the Wild Horse Ride wraps up the afternoon. Gathering from the area’s farms and ranches come “wannabe” cowboys.
The goal for each rider is to mount a horse and ride around the race track. It’s winner-takes-all at the finish line.
The riders are divided up into teams, and each team consists of two other individuals. The mugger controls the untamed horse’s head so it cannot rear back. The shanker holds the lead rope so the wild horse doesn’t run away. The rider is left to saddle the anxious horse and race it.
As the announcer starts up the competition, a mad scramble commences as each team frantically works together. One rider, LeRoy, is the first to saddle and mount his overly aggressive horse. He turns his horse around and heads to the race track, well ahead of the other riders.
However, there remains one big problem. LeRoy’s mount is galloping in the opposite direction around the track, and he will never be able to turn the horse around. The crowd roars with laughter at LeRoy’s dilemma.
To this day, many rodeo goers still remember “Wrong Way” LeRoy!
Trivia’s Facts and More (1/14)
This informative post will be posted on Saturday along with my usual writing. You are invited to participate with the opening question.
Brain Teaser Question
What letter would come next in this sequence?
O, T, T, F, F, S, S, E, ___
(answer found at the end of this post)
Featured Facts
North America is blessed to be home to the second fastest animal in the world. Second only to Africa’s cheetah, the pronghorn has the ability to reach a speed of 60 miles per hour.
Combining outstanding vision with its extraordinary speed, the pronghorn manages to avoid predators most of the time. Both males and females have horns. The male’s horns will grow to a length of 10-12 inches while the female’s remain as small bumps on top of her head.
Here are a few interesting facts about the pronghorn:
- Able to survive at least a week without water
- Habitat: grasslands and deserts
- Diet: grass, low shrubs
- Lifespan: 6-10 years
- Able to leap up to 15 feet
As herbivores, the pronghorn digests its food twice as it eats, swallows, and then regurgitates the food from its stomach. The animal then chews up the smaller pieces as cud, which allows for greater absorption of the food’s nutrition.
The prairies of Montana, the Dakotas, Wyoming, and Nebraska provide the largest year-round range for the pronghorn in the United States. They will frequently migrate up to 150 miles as they move back and forth between summer and winter feeding grounds.
Answer to Brain Teaser Question
N — for Nine
Stand-Up Comics Quotes
Steve Martin (born 1945)
Thankfully, perseverance is a great substitute for talent.
Chris Rock (born 1965)
Comedy is the blues for people who can’t sing.
Steve Martin has mastered his comedic, acting, and writing talents. He is also a renowned banjo player, and his music remains a big part of his life.
Chris Rock has received numerous accolades for his stand-up comedy, but he is also a well-recognized actor and filmmaker. He has also been a host of the Academy Awards on several occasions.
Always Leading (Elfchen Series #135)
Living Bread
Offering
Abundant feast
Overflowing and sustaining
Christ feeds our spirit
Nourishment
Moral Compass
Transforming
Better focused
Deserting sinful ways
God’s lens of truth
Perspective
Harvest Awaits
Hearing
God’s Word
Sowed with righteousness
Flowing with Spirit’s light
Encouragement
This series of poems (written in the German-inspired style of Elfchen or Elevenie) shares a total of eleven words in each poem, with a sequence by line of one, two, three, four, and one words.
Woodrow Kroll Quote
Trusting God is not by what you read or know. It is by doing what you have learned from His Word, Bible.
From James 1:22-25: “But be doers of the word and not merely hearers who deceive themselves. For if any are hearers of the word and not doers, they are like those who look at themselves in a mirror; for they look at themselves and, on going away, immediately forget what they were like. But those who look into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and persevere, being not hearers who forget but doers who act—they will be blessed in their doing.”
Woodrow Kroll (born 1944) is an American pastor, Christian author, and radio host. He has written over 50 books on the Bible and Christian living.
Savoring Life
Facing life’s daily quest
Overflowing with dreams
Facing rapids, hard-pressed
Paddling always, downstream
Merging spirit with change
Searching truth’s answer key
Riding each lonely range
Realizing, life shall be
Saddling up with vigor
Savoring life today
Overcoming rigor
Finding another way
Witnessing life’s next stage
Moving over new ground
Exciting silver age
Traveling now westbound
Navigating with ease
Following sunset’s glow
Catching each friendly breeze
Looking for tomorrow
Iyanla Vanzant Quotes
The only way to get what you really want is to let go of what you don’t want.
Your willingness to look at your darkness is what empowers you to change.
Iyanla Vanzant (born 1953) is an American inspirational speaker, author, and television personality.
God’s Embrace
From Psalm 85:5-6: “Will you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your anger to all generations? Will you not revive us again, so that your people may rejoice in you?”
Searching to find peace
Hidden by dark winds
Discomfort arrives
For mankind hath sinned
Touched by God’s embrace
Peace steps into light
Feeling His comfort
Grace washes flesh white
Praying to Father
Hope now reaches out
Finding peace at last
His Word carries clout
Steps walking in faith
God’s love shall not cease
Replacing darkness
Sharing endless peace
From Luke 2:12-14: “This will be a sign for you: you will find a child wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying, ‘Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom He favors!'”
E. Stanley Jones Quote
Whatever we focus on determines what we become.
From Proverbs 4:25: “Let your eyes look directly forward and your gaze be straight before you.”
Eli Stanley Jones (1884-1973) was an American Christian missionary, theologian, and author. Most of his missionary work took place in India where he became a close friend of Mahatma Gandhi. His biography about Gandhi’s life proved to be quite influential with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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