And so, as I wrote earlier, our family with a couple other youths, made some quick rounds of the Great Western Stock Show in Denver on its free day.
It was one mega event over a huge area of buildings, including the Denver Colisseum.
Most of the events are in the evening, except for the events that require judges,
where various stock win first and second places.
The champion bull last year, we learned, earned $100,000, while the champion pig earned $36,000, the champion sheep was about $40,000.
No wonder people go to the trouble to take their animals to such shows.
It's hard to wrap one's mind around such figures.
We couldn't even wrap our minds around these $300 horses that children can ride around on wheels.
You pump up and down on the stirrups with your feet, and your seat goes up and down and you "gallop" around to the tune of $300.
Totally loved them.
$300 anyone?
Of course there were hundreds of vendors set up there for the three week shindig,
but this one topped them. Many of these charming horses had "Sold" signs already on them.
And I couldn't resist this cute, wee cowboy and cowgirl climbing the fence at the bull competition.
While wandering about, we discovered the horse arena and for half hour or so watched several riders practicing gigs with their horses.
This one was incredibly trained to prance almost in place and to step high.
That's Jonathan at the bottom of the picture getting a video to put on Facebook.
The white horse tried, but it was not as good as the black one.
Ever felt like prancing quite this high?
Maybe if you had one of these snazzy horse trailer/RV combos at the nice price of $50,000 cash or about $500 a month for the next 15 years, you would feel like stepping pretty high....
or would you?
We shook our heads and went on.
The Great Western Stock Show did not appeal to us very much,
we said goodbye to every last vendor,
and drove home to invite a family of friends for supper.
Because what gives me the energy to walk on my high places is
stooping to serve others,
not striving to win acclaim with bull or pig championships.
"If you want to be champions," our Lord said, "find someone to serve."
We shook our heads and went on.
The Great Western Stock Show did not appeal to us very much,
we said goodbye to every last vendor,
and drove home to invite a family of friends for supper.
Because what gives me the energy to walk on my high places is
stooping to serve others,
not striving to win acclaim with bull or pig championships.
"If you want to be champions," our Lord said, "find someone to serve."
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