Written on November 29th, 2005 - 7:30PM Last Updated: May 1st, 2006 - 5:32PM Last Accessed: April 2nd, 2026 - 9:52AM
As I usually spend at least part of one day a week with my parents at the stable where we board our horses, I am then in the position of being hurt. Horses can be unpredictable, even if they are not mean, and the sport of horseback riding is well-acknowledge to be dangerous.
As I was riding one of our horses, another one who was grazing nearby decided to assert his place in the herd by kicking at my horse. I was not able to move my horse quickly enough and was kicked by the other horse in the ankle. It hurt pretty badly, and I was able, by God's grace, to still think clearly enough to get out of the way completely as the other horse kicked again but missed that time. At the same time, my mother who was nearby on another horse, also called to Jesus, which I believe spared me another hit.
I wondered whether the horse had broken my ankle because of the power they have and how it had hurt.
However, as I prayed in the Spirit, in a few minutes my ankle stopped hurting. And, the pain did not come back.
Later that night I checked my ankle and it was only slightly red, like from a brush burn, and still did not hurt.
To this day, my ankle has been fine, and has not hurt one bit since the initial kick. I truly believe that God healed the damage caused by the kick, and miraculously relieved the pain and possible bone break.
As we depend upon Him. calling upon His Name as we face trouble (as did my mom on my behalf), He will protect us. In this we are still able to live full lives, without fear, while trusting in Him to provide for us.
As you read this site, you will hopefully come to know Yahweh more fully.
But all of this continuing knowledge is useless unless and until you come into union with Him. I use the word union because it is truly a marriage. It is that deep connection we all seek, for which we most often look in other people. However, the truth is that our hearts will only be fulfilled when we enter that union in fullness with the One Who made us.
This is the grace of God, that He has not stayed distant for us only to worship as Creator. But He has come unto us, even become one of us—in His Son, ChristJesus—in order to share an intimate union with us. He desires such closeness that it truly will envelope our entire life, transforming us into something new and wonderful.
You may have already entered this union with Him and only seek to know Him better through reading here. But if you have not, as you do read, let this Gospel sink into your heart as you read it now.
God loves you, and has cast your sins into the sea. He has sent His only Son as the Savior of the world—that includes you.
That Son, JesusChrist, was born as a man through a virgin who had given her life to Yahweh; He lived without sin, reflected the glory of His Father, God, in all His words and deeds, and was persecuted even unto death because of it.
His death upon a cross was the powerful explosion that separated you from your life of death. It remains for you, now, to enter into that death with Him. As you die to the one you are now, a person separated from God from your many sins, you will be born anew, with a nature predisposed to live rightly. This gift is free to you, with nothing you can do to earn it. It is the mercy of God to offer it to you, as He loves you so much! All you must do is receive it by trusting Him to have delivered you. Simply place your life in His hands and embrace the freedom that came through that death on the cross.
The Gospel is that Jesus did not remain dead, but rose again on the third day after His crucifixion! Death could not hold Him, as He was without sin. And so death will not be able to hold you, as you identify with Him fully through your trust in Him. Let go of yourself and confess Him as Lord of your life. The power of His death and resurrection will work in you all that your Creator has destined for you. You will truly enter a new life and experience that intimate union you have been seeking all of your life.
So ponder these words as you read here of this great God—Yahweh—and all that He has revealed to His creation. Let His Spirit testify to your heart that these words are true, that God is Love, and that He sent His Son so that you might receive the life that is unbound by time and space. As you feel that witness in your heart, simply believe and receive what He is offering to you, even now, and begin your new life as a child of God.
Please write to me and let me know when you take this step, as I will be your brother in Christ—we will be one in Him!
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