OUR GRACIOUS AND HEAVENLY FATHER.
WE PAUSE IN
THE MIDST OF THIS FESTIVE OCCASION, MINDFUL AND THOUGHTFUL OF THE
GUIDANCE THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US. WE WOULD ASK,TODAY LORD, THAT YOU BE
WITH US IN THIS RODEO ARENA AS WE PRAY YOU WILL BE ALSO WITH US IN
LIFE'S ARENA. AS COWBOYS, LORD, WE DON'T ASK FOR ANY SPECIAL FAVORS IN
THIS ARENA TODAY. WE ONLY ASK THAT YOU WILL LET US COMPETE IN THIS
EVENT, AND IN LIFE, AS YOU DID FOR US. WE DON'T ASK THAT WE NEVER BREAK
A BARRIER, DRAW THE STEER THAT WON'T LAY, DRAW AROUND A CHUTE FIGHTING
HORSE, OR A BULL THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO RIDE. HELP US TO COMPETE IN LIFE
AS HONEST AS THE HORSE WE RIDE; IN A MANNER AS CLEAN AND PURE AS THE
WIND THAT BLOWS ACROSS THIS TEXAS COUNTRY; SO WHEN WE MAKE THAT LAST
RIDE, THAT WE KNOW IS INEVITABLE, TO THE COUNTRY UP THERE.. WHERE THE
GRASS IS GREEN AND LUSH AND STIRRUP-HIGH AND THE WATER RUNS CLEAN AND
CLEAR; YOU WILL TELL US, AS OUR LAST JUDGE, THAT OUR ENTRY FEE'S ARE
PAID.
WE ASK THESE THINGS IN CHRIST'S NAME.
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