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Hope Rising
By: Kim Meeder , Dave BiebeleBook Publisher: Random House
Imprint: The Doubleday Religious Publishing Group
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Kim Meeder has seen horses go where no one else can tread - stepping through the minefield of a broken child's soul in a dance of trust that only God can understand. From a mistreated horse to an emotionally starved child and back again, a torrent of love washes away their barren places. Kim's ranch is a place where this miracle happens over and over again. It is a place where the impossible flourishes, where dreams survive the inferno of reality - a place where hope rises.
Where Wounded Spirits Run Free
Follow a horse where no one else can tread, through the minefield of pain that surrounds a broken child’s soul. From a mistreated horse to an emotionally starved child and back again, a torrent of love revives their barren places.
In the presence of unconditional love, a mute girl speaks for the first time. A defiant teenager teaches a horse to trust again...and opens his own heart to love. A rescued horse gives a dying man his last wish. A battered girl finds love and protection in the friendship of a battered horse...
Come visit a place where the impossible flourishes, where dreams survive the inferno of reality—a place where hope rises.
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| Title of Family & Relationships eBook: Hope Rising | |
| Release Date: 06-24-2009 | |
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| Publisher: The Doubleday Religious Publishing Group |
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Hope Rising
Chapter One
Angels in Horsehair
* * *
Adam was so small for his
age. It was the first thing I noticed when his caseworker
introduced us. His eyes, shadowed with sadness, were too
large for his little face. He was drawn into himself, as if he
were trying to fit his diminutive frame into an even smaller
space. It was clear that this child had known more terror in
his handful of years than most knew in a lifetime.
The pair had traveled to the ranch unannounced with the hope of simply petting the soft muzzles of my "angels in horsehair." Even though the ranch was alive with children, Adam stood apart, completely alone-a tiny brown-eyed lamb lost in his own skin.
I smiled at him. He immediately looked to the ground in retreat. My heart staggered under the weight of his loneliness. I prayed that God would meet this child in this place in a special way.
I knelt down and quietly tried to engage Adam in a simple conversation. I asked him if he had ever ridden a horse before. He stared at the ground, somber as an ancient sage, and silently shook his head. "Would you like to?" I asked. His little head snapped up, and he looked me directly in the eyes with more than a little disbelief. I smiled into his questioning face. "We have a pony for you," I told him. "A very special pony who would very much like to meet you."
"Really?" he asked, with more emotion than I'm sure anyone had seen in a while. He looked at his caseworker and then back at me. I told him where the halters were and pointed back behind the arena to where the golden pony, Hobbs, live
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