03/21/2026
For the past 16 years, I’ve been working with horses. What started as something meant to evaluate me for hippotherapy after a major injury turned into something so much deeper. Without even realizing it at first, I found healing through them. Just being on the ranch, working alongside these incredible animals, reduced my pain in ways I can’t fully explain.
But my journey with healing didn’t start there.
When I was about 11 years old, I had a moment where I felt God so strongly. I was led to pray over a cat that had been badly hurt. BB gun wounds, 6 of them. I watched that cat come back to life. From that moment on, I would feel these gentle nudges from God to pray over sick animals. And over the years, I’ve done just that.
There’s always been something especially peaceful about doing this with horses.
Today, something new happened—and I feel led to share it.
I recently came back to the ranch after some time away, and there’s a horse I've known to be a biter for 2 years now. This horse has always been very defensive—ears back, quick to nip, especially in the stall. You can feel the insecurity, the fear.
Today, I approached, but I didn’t push. I respected the horse’s space, turned away, and let it be. When I came back, I did what I usually do. Gentle connection. But this time was different.
For the first time, I prayed in Jesus’ name.
I placed my hand between its eyes, somewhere it normally doesn’t like to be touched. Then I gently placed my fingers near its temples and began to pray. The horse softly whinnied. I felt this deep emotional release, my eyes teared up. I spoke to the horse, letting it know, “I understand. I’ve been defensive too. I’ve been scared too. You’re okay.”
There was a moment where I felt resistance, like the horse didn’t want the prayer. I continued, praying in Jesus’ name, asking for peace, love and for anything heavy to be lifted.
And then… everything changed.
The horse softened in a way I have never seen before. Its head dropped. Its eyes softened. No tension. No biting. No ears pinned back. Just complete peace. It felt like everything melted away.
I’ve prayed to God before, but this was the first time I prayed in Jesus’ name over an animal, and I will never forget what I witnessed.
I don’t claim to understand everything about what happened. I just know what I felt, what I saw, and the peace that followed.
There is healing. There is connection. And there is power in the name of Jesus.
And today, I experienced that in a way I never have before.