Get Back on the Horse
Get back on the horse. That’s what we often hear if we fall. The horse may have bucked us, or we may have fallen for other reasons. Whatever the cause, we receive encouragement to try again.
My sister disagrees. As a teenager, she did not like to ride horses. A cousin convinced her to ride behind him. She did. On a trip through our orchard, he lowered his head to miss a tree branch. He forgot to tell her. That was her last horse ride.
Get back on the horse means to try again.
We don’t give up. Instead, we get up. We go another time. One failure does not mean we will always fail.
Life gets difficult for everyone. We all fall. People or circumstances hurt us. Nevertheless, we keep going.
We learn from our mistakes.
Rather than kick ourselves, we try to correct what went wrong. We don’t want to live in fear—with cold feet—all our lives.
Get back on the horse applies to every area of life.
We may:
- Lose a job
- Fail a test
- Suffer from illness
- Grieve lost friendships
- Endure persecution
In every circumstance, we decide whether to shake it off or tie ourselves in knots with worry. If we don’t know how to get back on the horse, we can always rely on God for direction.
“Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up” (Luke 18:1 NIV).
Thanks to Joe and Ann Klotz for the suggestion.
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