Much of our pain and many of our problems comes from what happened to us in the past and the memories that we carry with us.  All of us bear scars and wounds from things that happened to us and from what others have done to us.  

Cowboy Pastor Randy Helm knows that all too well and he has helped hundreds of horses and many people recover from deep pain and injury from things that I've done been done to them in the past. 

And in doing so he learned that almost everyone of us have a lot to learn from horses.  Indeed in his wonderful book Lessons from Horses he demonstrates how many life lessons can be learned from those wonderful animals that the cowboys ride and people love. 

So let me read you a wonderful story about a horse named Phoenix who literally rose from the ashes of abuse to a life of wonder... And if he can do it so can you.