Howdy Folks (tips his hat) Its time for your Sermon From the Saddle. I Pastor David L. Ward jr. am asking for forgiveness today..... I am coming to you my congregation to confess my sins and openly share my wrongs. (it doesnt get any more serious than this folks) WHY?? is probably the question you may have for me. Why would I come here publicly to YOU and share the things Ive done wrong? and the answers are simple. WE together ARE the body of Christ. As a Pastor, I am held accountable to you and to to our Lord Jesus Christ. I know I can go to our Father in heaven (and I have) and ask for forgiveness and he will forgive me of all of my transgressions. As the Captain of this ship, I must lead, but I must also follow. I was at the Midwest horse fair yesterday, and I saw many familiar faces and made many connections and met folks who knew who I was (even though I didnt know who they were) who would come up to me and ask: Are you Pastor David,,, the horse whisperer??? ( I stress that I AM NOT a horse whisperer) to these folks, but that Yes, I am in fact Pastor Dave and I am the founder of Sweet Haven Ranch. Well after a time, I got tired of explaining this to folks and to be honest was really enjoying the attention that I was getting just walking around and having people walk up to me from outta the crowd and asking me if I would give them advice or come and work with their horse for them. Understand, these are people that I dont even know!! It made me feel like a Rock Star! and it really made me feel like I was making a difference. Folks, I got caught up in that... and at one point I agreed to go and take a look at a horse. THIS is where I confess my sin. You see, we couldnt afford to get a booth there this year. but there were HUNDREDS of horse trainers there who ponied up the cash to have a booth there. Understand that these trainers do this for a living. Most have more experience than I do and have paid their dues. I understand that it seems like such a small thing for me to agree to go and look at a horse, BUT it was still WRONG none the less. Why? because, these folks obviously knew who I was, yet they came to the fair to talk to other professional trainers. If they wanted me, then they could message me here, or call me. I feel as though, I may have just taken business from another trainer who may have desperately needed that money. What makes it worse is I dont really make a profit doing it. I do it for the LOVE of People and the LOVE of horses. On the way home, I was thinking about something that I saw there... something I didnt agree with. I was thinking of calling them and offering some advice on a better way of doing things... well God sure does have perfect timing. I had decided to call Stephanie Allen and share the days events with her... To my SHOCK she was upset with me. I had left a halter on Ruby longer than I should have. Well, it rubbed some fur off her nose and it really upset Stephanie. I was driving home thinking about this... She said something to me on the phone that hurt, but it is true. She said I trusted you to remove that halter. I had asked her to leave it on the horse last week as I had planned on working with Ruby. Well, (its no excuse) but I got busy and didnt get that halter off. thankfully no harm was done to Ruby other than some fur was rubbed off. But the fact remains I let her down. Stephanie Allen, I apologize to you and Ms. Ruby. I hope you both can forgive me. I certainly didnt do this intensionally. I have been pushing so hard this last week. trying to get this pasture cleaned and ready to accept grass seed. when I clean the surface of the pasture I find 6 of ICE still under the surface. I take our little skid loader and try and get under it so that I can pop the ice up and move it and end up breaking the weld on the bucket... so I go and re-weld it. go try it again... break the weld on the HINGE POINT of the bucket... Im trying so hard to clean this mess up out here and am so tired of hearing how its a mess out here that Im pushing myself to near crazy trying to make things happen. On top of that I am trying to work and make a living, dealing with ruptured vertebrates in back and shingles all at the same time. I am practically living on pain killers and running my self to the verge of bankruptcy all because I believe in the plan and vision that our lord has given to me. I feel overwhelmed at times. I feel like lashing out at times, , , when what I really need to do is listen to wise council. it says in: Luke 6:41 Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brothers eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? Well folks, I submit all that I am and all that I have to Christ. Time to get that saw dust outta my own eye. I ask for you ALL to forgive me and I ask you ALL to do the same. Blessings to each and every one of you and as your Pastor and friend I just want to thank you all for every bit of trust you have given to me and I look to each and every one of you for wise council. This ranch isnt just in my hands... it is in fact in ALL hands. It is ran by God and glory be to him for all that he provides us with and all of the blessings he gives us each and every day. I do Love you all and I pray that we can lift each other and Sweet Haven Ranch each and every day to new levels of excellence. I know this probably isnt the Sermon you expected today.... but then again it never is.. :) Pastor David Ward. Sweet Haven Ranch, W4207 US HWY 151 Chilton Wi. 53014 (920)-645-9241
Posted on: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 13:10:17 +0000
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