Trailer Anxiety

A few weeks ago my parents and I drove up to the Keweenaw Penninsula to take our horses to this competetive trail ride that my mum has been training for. From our house in the Eastern Upper Penninsula to where the ride was at was about a 6 hour drive. Now, if you own horses, you may know that that can be a bit of a haul when you're pulling a trailer.

After about two hours - if you're lucky - the horsers start to get anxious. My mum's horse, Reese, started pawing and doing circles, and my dad's horse, Zig started shuffling around a bit. So, when you've got two 1200 pound animals doing that in the rig you're pulling, you start to feel the motions.

It's almost as if they're wondering, "Are we there yet?" "Where are we going?" "Do you realize there are no windows in this thing and I can't see what the heck is going on?"

But of course the horses don't bail out - they don't really have a choice - instead, we try to calm them as much as we can and just keep going. We know what our destination is and we keep moving forward, even if they are a little anxious. After all, we know that when we get where we're going, they are going to enjoy it as much as we are.

When Reese first started dancing around in the trailer, I laughed a little, because I understand his anxiety.

I get so frustrated when I think about my future and where I want to go with my life, yet I cannot seem to figure out where God is taking me. There are no windows in the front of my trailer. I can see everything AS it goes past, and I can see what is behind me - but what's in front? Who knows.

Sometimes I get anxious with God and I just want to know our destination - "Just tell me where we're heading! Don't you realize I can't see what the heck is going on?" But God just tries to calm me down in the meantime as best as I will allow him to, and he aks for my trust.

He asks that I simply stay in the trailer and allow him to take me to our destination. Because he knows that I will enjoy it far more than if I were to bail out early. He keeps moving forward, and he wants me to move with Him.

So even though you may not see where you're going, try not to get anxious. Instead, realize that the driver you have is going to take you somewhere that will not disappoint you.