Focused Eyes

Estes Park, Colorado

I'm a city boy and did not grow up around horses. From my childhood I remember riding the little Shetland ponies in circles and riding larger horses a few times, but let's be honest, these are big, intelligent animals. Horses can be intimidating, especially when their eyes are focused on you.

Yet the day that I snapped this photo this horse kept her eyes focused on me because she expected something from me.

"My eyes are ever toward the LORD, for he will pluck my feet out of the net." Psalm 25:15 English Standard Version

What's your net? What has you trapped with the feeling that you can't escape?

For some of us reading this blog our net is some form of addiction, for others our net is chronic illness, and for others it is a past sin.

Our eyes focus on Jesus. It is Jesus who has plucked our "feet out of the net." He has plucked our feet out of the net by stepping in that net for us...for you. It is one thing to remove the trap it is something else to take our place in the net. The cross was Jesus' net and through that cross you have been set free.

I can't think of better reason to keep our eyes on the Lord expecting his grace and mercy.

CONTINUED PRAYER NEEDED as the two major fires in Colorado continue to burn. A serious issue is the wind that kicks up in the afternoon. It is difficult for us in Colorado Springs to watch the news and see homes burning and the beautiful forest consumed in flames.

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Text and Photographs ©Copyright 2013 Douglas P. Brauner.  ARR.