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Date Posted: 18:59:59 02/17/03 Mon
Author: Cheri
Subject: Monday's inspiration..
In reply to: Cheri 's message, "A New Week. Daily Inspirations and Horse Facts.." on 18:52:16 02/17/03 Mon




BACK ON TRACK

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Luke 22:31-34

[Jesus said,] "Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has demanded to sift all of you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your own faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned back, strengthen your brothers." And he said to him, "Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death!" Jesus said, "I tell you, Peter, the cock will not crow this day, until you have denied three times that you know me."

Proverbs 24:16
For though they fall seven times, they will rise again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

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I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry. He drew me up from the desolate pit, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. -- Psalm 40:1-2 (NRSV)

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MY grandson has a little track for his toy racing cars. The track is full of curves, banks, and loops. When he turns on the electricity, the cars go so fast that soon they either crash into one another or fly off the track. Then we have to put them back on the track and start over. Again and again we repeat the process of putting the fallen cars back on the track to try another time.

How often our lives are like that. The path that we travel in life has curves, banks, and loops. But clearly laid out before us is Jesus' example for living. Sometimes I go too fast to accomplish what God wants me to do, and I fall off the track. Other times I become careless and forget to ask God for direction, causing me to collide with some obstacle that sends me off the track again.

The psalmist reminds us, "The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love" (Psalm 103:8, NRSV). Every time we are derailed in our journey and ask for help, God gently picks us up, puts us back on the track, and strengthens us to do better the next time. With this assurance I continually stand in awe of God's patience, love, and forgiveness.


Prayer: Thank you, O God, for loving us when we try your patience and
for enabling us to return again and again to you. Amen.


THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
God is more patient with us than we are with ourselves.

-- Dick Ryley (Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)

PRAYER FOCUS: People making a new start
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[> Monday's horse fact.. -- Cheri, 19:32:35 02/17/03 Mon



The Horse


Horses belong to the equus family. Equus comes from the ancient Greek word meaning quickness.
Horses are mammals in the same family as zebras, mules and donkeys.


Did You Know?

* a stallion is a male horse

* a mare is a female horse

* a foal is a baby horse

* a filly is a young female horse

* a colt is a young male horse

* a yearling is a foal after its first birthday

* a sire is the word used for the father of a horse

* a dam is the word used for the mother of a horse

* a pony is not a baby horse. It is a fully grown small horse

* a horse's height is measured in hands. One hand = 4"


Mare and Foal

The mother horse, or mare, is pregnant (or "in foal") for 11 months. Most mares give birth in the spring to a single baby (foal) although twins are not uncommon. Mares produce milk for their young and will feed them for several months.

Within 1-2 hours of birth a foal is able to stand up and walk. When foals are born their legs are almost the same length as they are when they are fully grown - their legs are so long they find it difficult to reach down to the grass to eat! Foals can focus their eyes almost as soon as they are born and cut their first teeth within a week. They are fully grown by 3 - 4 years of age.


Tomorrows fact .. What do horses ea


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