The Religious Man And His Horse

Once there was a man who wanted to train his horse how to stop and go based on verbal commands: Being a religious man, he thought it would be good to get the horse to stop every time he said, “Hallelujah,” and to go every time he said, “Praise the Lord!” The horse learned these commands well, but after many months, the man had stopped using the commands, resorting to simply using the reins every time he rode. In this passage of time, he himself managed to forget the very commands he taught his horse. One day, while riding, he decided to skip using the reins and revert back to his verbal commands and as the horse approached a cliff, the man suddenly realized that he did not remember the command for “stop.” He tried every Christian word he could think of: “Amen!” “Jesus saves!” None of this helped, and the horse was nearing the edge of the cliff. But finally as the horse was getting to the precipice, he remembered, “Hallelujah”—right at the edge, and the horse stopped. He wiped his head and said, “Praise the Lord.”... Brother Glen