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GUARDIAN ANGELS ON CLIFF TRAIL
For He will give His angels charge concerning you, to guard you in all your ways. They will bear you up in their hands, lest you strike you foot against a stone.
Psalm 91:11,12
Before this miraculous event, this verse had been associated with Jesus’ temptation in Matthew 4:6 - I know the Lord protects me too, and that His guardian angels are around each of us.
Take the time in 1985 when I took Nestor and Pilar to a horse show at the Santa Fe Horsemen’s Association showgrounds on a Saturday, and the next day to the Rio Arriba Show Grounds south of Espanola NM...
When I arrived at the show grounds early Sunday morning, I was somehow distracted while hitching the trailer to the truck and failed to lock the hitch onto the ball. Off I went to down the road, 25 miles at 55-60 mph., bumps and curves all the way. It was only after I turned onto the dirt road leading to the fair grounds, traveling about 5 mph., that the trailer came off the truck, broke the safety chain, and very gently rolled into the ditch beside the road. The horses were not injured!
I was able to get them out of the trailer without any problem, re-hitch the trailer, and continue on my way... the Lord’s Heaviest Sumo Angels were riding on the hitch that day!! I do NOT think about ‘’what a wreck that could have been,’’ but rather Praise God for what He made happen!!!
''The wind of heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears.'' Meanwhile, Back At The Ranch...late July, 1988 - I left with friends visiting from Colorado for a moonlight supper ride. A perfect night, calm and warm and oh, so lovely!!! I was bringing up the rear on one of my 4 yr. old fillies, Awaj, who had always been very reliable, and a brave trail horse. She was born on the ranch, and had roamed everywhere since her earliest days, showing few signs of fear.
I made a PVC pipe and cotton splint for her, and within a few weeks, her leg was nearly normal... enjoy this funny photo!!!
She had been over Cliff Trail many times, never a fuss. But tonight, as we began the descent, she decided to turn around and head for home (tho now, as I reflect back, I know the Lord wanted to give my friends a taste of His miraculous goodness, and me a tangible testimony - yet another, that is! - of His love and grace. Sort of a Heavenly Hug from my Heavenly Daddy!!)
I was falling over that cliff, securely attached to the horse - and then I was at the top of the hill watching the horse fall over the cliff, with no visible rider.. those angels also made the filly’s legs go the opposite direction from the fence, avoiding a bad entanglement, and helped her get up to trot over to her mother, being ridden my by friend, whose mouth was open in awe, amazed at what he had just witnessed!!
And praise GOD that my filly was fine too!! Now each time I step into my saddle I have a little reminder of the way the Lord can work in our every day lives. And the filly, too, will have a permanent ‘’brand’’ of His Amazing Grace...
His love and protection are for each of us, as we come to Him in faith - He does keep His promises! Psalm 91 didn’t really jump out at me until last week as I read my Daily Walk Bible. The weekly worship was Psalm 91 in the Living Bible translation: ‘’for He orders His angels to protect you wherever you go. They will steady you with their hands to keep you from stumbling against the rock on the trail.’’
Annie Whitney Sept. 7, 1988 Cerrillos, NM
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She was born with a very crooked leg, thus the name Awaj, which in the Oman language means ''not straight.''
The trail is barely the width of the horses’ feet, with large boulders going down to the bottom of the hill; and to add to the treachery, a barbed wire fence running along the side.
As Awaj tried to turn around she stumbled, and her 900 lbs began to fall to the right, heading upside down toward the boulders and the barbed wire. Centrifugal force and gravity were taking me over the edge with her, as I was securely seated in my Australian Stock saddle. The next thing I knew, my angel friend had grabbed my left hand and I found myself standing at the top of the trail, watching Awaj hit a big boulder, scrape along the fence, and land at the bottom of the hill.
Awaj had long rows of bloody wire cuts across the top of her loin, but after a few minutes the bleeding stopped. My saddle had boulder-bruises on the cantle, and deep wire gashes on the cantle and seat. Praise GOD that is was tough, high quality leather and not fragile human skin and bones that took the abuse!! (Cuts are visible in the upper left of the photo--right side of saddle - sorry the photo was not larger...)
