Trust in the midst of concern

I read a comment today that one of the other trainers had posted that said mustangs are different because you have to gain their trust before you can train them to do anything else. I can't tell you how true that statement is. Today was the fourth day in the row that Spade has learned a ton with very little effort and hardly no "freak out" moments. My goal today was to teach Spade to stay tied while things were going on around and behind him. He in the past few days has tied very well and quiet when I was sitting thirty feet away, so I wanted to push him a little harder. I am still very cautious about getting to close to his kick zone. In fact I give him a "jump, spin and kick zone" because he is so quick, so I am a little slow to come up to his side while he is tied. It would take nothing for him to spin my direction and catch me between his heels and the fence. This is something that I really need to fix. He is very eager to   do anything that I ask him to do, but he really would rather it be at his head so that he gets pet when he does good. To start I tied him to the tie ring and let him stand. Then for the next hour walking far behind his hind end waving whips and flags and jumping around myself. In the very beginning he didn't like me back there at all. He would move frantically back and forth to look and get away from all the commotion. After a few minutes he started to settle and I could get back there and rub him with the end of a very long stick. The next few days I will keep this up and get him better about me moving around him. From the first day he threw his first kick this has really bothered me, but I am really glad that I am finally addressing this issue. I knew that I couldn't confidently saddle him until he was more comfortable with me moving all the way around him. So I think that it is worth the extra time. Once I saw how fast he picks up on things I am not worried about taking my time to get him totally comfortable.
I have to say that I love the fact that Spade is trusting me no matter what I do. He is becoming one of the most forgiving horses that I have dealt with. Today we had an emergency in my extended family and I had a peace that God had everything in control. I had that peace because God has been there for me so many times before. Spade is trusting be now for the same reason. I had to build a relationship with him. Then I had to put Spade in alot of stressful spots that he had to trust me to get him out of. I believe that God does the same thing. He allows us to get in to concerning situations so that we have to trust Him to get us out. But the cool thing is he always does. I wish I could live my life with out any hard times but the hard times I cherish because it is in those times that my faith in the Lord grows.