Ridin’ for the Brand

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2012 was a wonderful year. It was a year full of both joys and sorrows, victories and set-backs. After it all, the year was one where we saw God at work in every place in our lives.

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As we closed the year with our special Christmas Eve service, we had a special gift that I wanted to share with you. Our dear brother (and worship fiddle player!) wrote a piece of “cowboy poetry” and recited it at the service at The Church Barn.

Here is the poem. There’s a lot of truth here and we hope it’s an encouragement to you.

Ridin’ for the Brand

Life out on the prairie ain’t always easy so they say
I believe ’em because I’ve lived it
And still do sometimes – even unto this day.

I’ve spent a lot of Christmas’s just happy to be warm
And then bundled up in Carharts
To go out and brave the storm.

You see there was a time in my life when I prided myself on my strength
I was lean and mean and daring
I got the job done at any length.

And then I got tired of always holdin’ onto the reins
Decided that what I thought was toughness
Was really just a lack of brains!

So I cried out to my Savior and asked Him for some guidance
And sure enough He answered
And He took away my blindness.

Oh sometimes I still like to tell myself that I’m a self-reliant man
But then I remember who gave His life for mine
And that I’m ridin’ for the Brand

– Scott Clawson, 2012

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