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The vet had made yet another emergency visit to our farm to treat my injured horse. \u201cIf he rips the stitches out again, there\u2019s nothing I can do,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

I put a hand on Harry, my beautiful Morgan horse. For most of my life, at a moment like this I would ask God to help Harry be patient, to help him understand we were trying to make him better. But I no longer believed that God was there for me. Not since he\u2019d let my son die.<\/p>\n

Hunter\u2019s death happened so fast. One Saturday he confessed to his father that he was struggling with depression<\/a>. We invited him to come home and stay with us. Made plans to take him to get the help he needed. But he never made it home. He took his own life the next day.<\/p>\n

In the months that followed I didn\u2019t know what to do. No human could make things better, and I found no relief in turning to my faith. All my life I\u2019d trusted God\u2019s word. But he had said he was there for me. I felt no evidence that was true.<\/p>\n

Harry shook his head and stepped away from me. At least he\u2019s not snapping at me<\/i>, I thought. Harry\u2019s fear sometimes made him aggressive. \u201cHe looks at me like I caused this pain,\u201d I told the vet. \u201cAs far as he\u2019s concerned, I\u2019m the enemy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe two of you were nearly strangers when Harry got hurt,\u201d she reminded me, packing up her equipment to leave. \u201cGive him time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harry had injured himself just a few weeks after he came to live at our farm. My husband, Ernie, and a riding buddy had encouraged me to get a new horse to take my mind off my grief. My first impression of Handsome Harry, as his owner called him, wasn\u2019t the best. When I tried to mount him, he jumped around so much I could barely get my foot in the stirrup. I got off him as soon as possible. When his owner offered to let me walk him back to the stable to untack him, I only agreed out of politeness.<\/p>\n

But alone in the barn, brushing out his mane, something changed. Harry pressed his soft nose at me, sniffing me over and over. When he looked at me so closely with his big, kind eyes, something stirred in me. A feeling I hadn\u2019t felt since Hunter\u2019s death. I knew I had to have him.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat happened to that horse who looked at me like that?\u201d I asked Harry now. He refused to meet my eyes.<\/p>\n

When Harry first came to our farm, I put him in a paddock by himself, away from the elderly pony and the lame mare that shared our barn. I hoped to introduce him to his new family slowly, one at a time, as soon as he\u2019d gotten settled in his new surroundings.<\/p>\n

Then came the storm. Thunder and lightning are common in southern Georgia in the summer, but this was one for the record books. At first light I went to check on the animals. Everyone was accounted for except Harry. His paddock was empty.<\/p>\n

I spotted him in the distance, standing under some trees. From the way he hung his head I could tell immediately something wasn\u2019t right, but I wasn\u2019t prepared for what I saw up close. Harry had run right through the paddock fence, tearing open his chest. I called the vet in tears. \u201cHe must have been terrified,\u201d I said. \u201cHe tried to get to the other horses and tore himself open on a broken board. The wound\u2019s so deep, I can see his muscles and tendons!\u201d<\/p>\n

The vet rushed over right away. Harry was in such pain he could barely walk, but we got him into a stall in the barn, where she stitched him up. \u201cKeep him in here where he\u2019s safe,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

I was still shaky when I waved goodbye to her, but at least the worst was over. Or so I thought. In the weeks that followed, Harry ripped out his stitches not once, not twice, but three times. His wound got infected, and the antibiotics wreaked havoc on his digestive system. I mucked out his stall every day. Administered his medicine, fed him every meal, took him out by hand to graze. But despite it all, Harry lost weight from the stress. As a last resort the vet had left me a collar to fasten around Harry\u2019s neck to keep him from biting at his stitches.<\/p>\n

Looking at him now, I saw a horse who looked as if he might have been starving, he was so skinny. A horse barely recognizable from the Handsome Harry who\u2019d looked at me with eyes full of kindness. Caring for an animal who seemed to hate me was exhausting, but Harry had only me to rely on. \u201cIf only you could understand that,\u201d I said. \u201cI\u2019m right here. I\u2019m trying to help you. If you would just trust me, I could help you heal<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Harry couldn\u2019t understand. It seemed hopeless. I couldn\u2019t help Harry any more than I could help my son, and I couldn\u2019t face another loss. I imagined myself just collapsing here in the stall and never getting up. Ernie would have to drag me out when he got home from work. But I knew I needed to get my rest to keep going for Harry.<\/p>\n

Back in the barn the next day, I went into Harry\u2019s stall to give him fresh water\u2014and stopped. Something\u2019s different<\/i>, I thought. Harry was still as skinny as ever. His stitches were still in place. Then I realized what it was. His eyes. For the first time in months, Harry was looking at me the way he had looked at me the first day we met. There was no anger or fear in his eyes. He had given up\u2014not in resignation, but relief. I\u2019m ready to trust you<\/i>, Harry seemed to say. Because I don\u2019t know what else to do.<\/i> Harry finally understood.<\/p>\n

I understood too. God was right here. He was trying to help me heal<\/a>. If only I would let him. I looked back at Harry, saw peace in his eyes, finally.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m ready to trust you again, God,<\/i> I thought. I don\u2019t know what else to do either.<\/i><\/p>\n

Harry no longer fought me when I gave him his medicine. Instead of reacting to me each morning with wide nostrils and a stiff body, Harry started greeting me with the horse version of a smile, as if he was happy to see me. Now that Harry was no longer resisting my efforts, he could focus on healing. There was hope.<\/p>\n

The same was true for me. I stopped fighting God<\/a>, stopped refusing to accept the comfort he offered. My wounds, like Harry\u2019s, took time to heal. I still carry the scars. But I trust God\u2019s word, and he is there for me.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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