What Horses Taught Me About God

Horses have a remarkable way of revealing what really matters.

In What Horses Taught Me About God, J.T. Potter draws from a lifetime spent around horses to explore eighteen lessons about trust, surrender, patience, discipline, purpose, fear, rest, redemption, and grace. From the barn and round pen to the saddle and open trail, ordinary moments with horses become windows into deeper spiritual truths.

Each chapter begins with something horses can teach us and turns that lesson toward the Christian life, grounding the reflection in Scripture and practical experience. Along the way, Potter examines what it means to trust when we cannot see the outcome, yield when we would rather resist, listen when life is noisy, and follow God even when the path ahead is uncertain.

This is not a horse-training manual or a theology textbook. It is a devotional journey for horse people, longtime believers, those still exploring faith, and anyone who wants to see familiar biblical truths from a fresh perspective.

Reflection questions following the chapters encourage readers to slow down, examine their own walk with God, and consider how the lessons learned in the barn might apply far beyond the fence line.

The horses have always been teaching.

The question is whether we are paying attention.