Flair for Fury

S T displays the trophy that Flair for Fury won for high points in Yearling Filly Conformation.

But there is so much more to Flair than just a great conformation and a pretty face. We visited the Van Bert Farms this week and I took Flair to put back in training and get under saddle. She is now a coming two year old and she is awesome.

Last year she was a great conformation filly.

Larry handed the lead to Brandon and told him to saddle her up. She of course was being ridden with just a halter and lead instead of a bridle and bit. She didn't seem to know exactly what to do at first. As Brandon rode her around in the barn she started to catch on pretty fast. She immediately settled into a nice walk in the barn.

Larry asked me if I wanted to bet him $5. on whether she would do obstacles. I am not foolish enough to bet against Flair. Brandon took her down to the obstacle course. She crossed the wooden bridge, the sounding box, the poles and up onto the terrace and down again. He took her through the plastic streamers. She did it like a champion. He took her on the seesaw. Again no problem. Then Brandon had her to jump barrels. That was ok too. Next he ask her to go up the steep hill. Then back down the steep hill where she was almost sliding down on her rear end.

She is an awesome little filly. She is calm and she is steady. I think I will be riding her before summer gets here. She was so calm last year in the conformation classes that she would almost go to sleep. It almost became a problem.

What seemed to be a problem then is a blessing now. She is calm and trusting. She is a very smart and willing filly and understood just what Brandon was asking her to do. She is going to be a pleasure to ride. She will be started under saddle in a way that will make her the best she can be.

As I was meditating tonight, I started thinking about Flair and how trusting she is of Brandon. She has had a really good start in life. She started learning to trust those who handle her early in life. She started out with imprinting at birth. Lewis worked with her to teach her to lead. She learned confidence from him. He is kind and gentle, yet firm with his little charges. She has learned to obey. Now she is willing and confident that her rider is going to be fair yet firm.

What a picture of our relationship with God if we learn early in life to trust Him and obey His word. Our parents have imprinted us. Hopefully it is with faith in God. As a very young child hopefully we are led to Christ to trust Him as our Lord and Savior. In our lives we are asked to do some very hard things. We do not have all smooth trails because we are Christians. But we do know the one who guides our lives. Flair did not know exactly where Brandon would lead her or what he would ask her to do but she trusted him. That is a picture of the trust we should have in God.

We can learn from Flair and how she has learned to trust and obey so willingly. She knows from past experience she will not be asked to do anything that will harm her.

If we have put our faith in Jesus Christ, we should be as willing to trust and obey because we should know that He will never ask us to do anything that will hurt us and that He is guiding our paths. If you have never put your trust in Jesus, now would be a good time as our world seems to spinning out of control. We all need to be led by the Good Shepherd.

May God bless and keep you and make His light to shine upon you.

Regards

Mary

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding In all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes, fear the Lord and depart from evil.

Proverbs 3: 5-7