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Date Posted: 19:32:35 02/17/03 Mon
Author: Cheri
Subject: Monday's horse fact..
In reply to: Cheri 's message, "A New Week. Daily Inspirations and Horse Facts.." on 18:52:16 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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[> Tuesday's inspiration.. -- Cheri, 16:14:21 02/18/03 Tue



A PARENT'S LOVE

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Isaiah 53:4-6 (NRSV)


Surely he has borne our infirmities
     and carried our diseases;
yet we accounted him stricken,
     struck down by God, and afflicted.
But he was wounded for our transgressions,     crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the punishment that made us whole,     and by his bruises we are healed.
All we like sheep have gone astray;
     we have all turned to our own way,
and the LORD has laid on him
     the iniquity of us all.

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The LORD says, "As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you."

-- Isaiah 66:13 (NIV)

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I remember being sick as a child. My mom took care of me; and when I was very sick, Mom said, "I wish I were sick instead of you." At the time, I didn't understand why she would say that. Then I grew up and had children of my own. My children have endured illnesses, as well as disappointments and discouragements. Often I have longed to take their hurt and bear it for them. I have come to understand the love of a parent's heart, a love that aches to take the child's place to spare the young one pain.

God's love is like a parent's love. In Jesus, God assumed the suffering that should have been ours. Jesus took our place.

I am thankful for a mother who loved me so much she longed to take my sickness on herself. I am eternally grateful for Jesus, who took my sin and its penalty on himself. He suffered the punishment I deserved in order to give me life.


Prayer: O God, I don't always understand the theology of the cross,
but I understand a parent's love. Thank you, God, for loving each one of us. Amen.


THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
God loves me.

-- Cora Lee Pless (North Carolina, U.S.A.)

PRAYER FOCUS: Children who are ill
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