b'Running the RaceWhats Your Focus?By Betsy Lemairehowfastdouwannab@gmail.com, facebook.com/betsy.lemairenunn, instagram.com/betslemaire,Lemaire Barrel Horses: youtube.com/user/howfastdouwannabW hy are you going aroundthe X your eyes focus on the X at the next barrel and the mountain again;so on. You can see that in your mind. It breaks the why are things notturn down and makes it easy. changing and staying the same? Why are you hitting barrels? I think in barrel racing, as well as in life, weIn life, we have to focus on a goal or something we need to set our focus on a particular point. We needare wanting. That could be something physical or to have our eyes on where we want our horses feet tosomething in the spiritual realm. It\'s that whole place next in the turn. Our thoughts and words needpositive outlook thing that people talk about. Just like to speak life and faith and be focused on what wewhen you go in the arena youre not thinking, "Ok, want to happen. leave them up." Or if you are roping you dont think, I know at one point I wrote"Ok, don\'t miss." You about something similarconcentrate on what you to this. I see a lot of folkswant to do, not what you and kids yelling look, look,dont want to do. looking at. It all comes together in the words we speak look before they have evento ourselves and to others about ourselves daily. Its completed a turn halfway.I tell my kids all the time,whether you think you are a winner or a loser. The The person riding the horseto speak life not death.old saying that you are only as good as your last run is then whips their bodyThe Bible says that thebologna. Focus on what you want your next step to be around and as they do thatLord literally spoke thearound the barrel and in life! their inside hand often dragsHeavens and the Earth that horse\'s front end acrossinto existence. When youUntil next time my friends! I love you and keep your the turn and then they hitspeak faith, that doesn\'teyes on the prize!! the barrel or the horse is allmean that you are lying to bunched up around the backside. I used to do thisyourself. It means you are speaking faith. Your body and would catch quite a few barrels on the way out.believes what you tell it. I have a good friend that I have heard people say, "If you catch them as youdidnt have kids. I am going to go a bit deep here so finish the turn, that doesn\'t count." Well, do theyfollow me. This gal was in her late 20\'s and she had pay money for plus five? I sure haven\'t found thatnot had her monthly cycle in years. Her body looked pay window. I have also heard folks say, "I wouldnormal to the docs. I asked her if she prayed, and she have won it if I hadn\'t caught it leaving." To that, Isaid, "No, but I am not against it." I told her that God say if you made a little bigger circle around it youis no respecter of persons and He wanted her well. I may not have won but you shorted the deal and rangot excited because I knew in my spirit that the Lord over the barrel so now you definitely could not win.was going to give her and her husband kids. I told her (Don\'t get me wrong -I have hit plenty of barrels).about Abraham and Sarah and I got her a Bible. Shen ySo if you can place the horse\'s feet around the barrelwent home that night and told her husband what IoT Pyou have less of a chance of hitting it and a betterhad told her. She said we have tried everything but weehchance of winning money, not to mention you avoidhaven\'t tried God. That night when she went to put the bloody, gashed in shin that we forget to ice whichon her pajamas she had her cycle. They now have two then leaves a nice scar for the rest of our lives! LOLboys. WOW!!! Do you question what the Word says2nd Hand Storeas not being true? It says as a man thinks in his heart When you rate your horse where his front feet hit theso is he. It says life and death are in the power of the X, meaning where your paths cross coming in and outtongue. I have thought and thought about that day.We Collect & Deliver of the barrel, your eyes should be at point #1 whichDid I pray and lay hands on her? No. What I did doYour Merchandiseis like a clock around the barrel (so basically 9-12-3).was speak the truth of God\'s Word. Then by faith sheFREE LOCAL DELIVERY AVAILABLEThen when your stirrup is at point #1- your eyes gobelieved it and it then manifested from the spiritual to point #2- then your stirrup hits point #2 and yourinto the physical.662 W. Wickenburg Way eyes are at point #3. As your horse crosses back overWickenburgOpen MondaySaturdaySo with all that said, you are like, now Bets how doesthepony2ndhandstore.comthat equate to hitting barrels? It\'s all in your focus. 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