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Date Posted: 16:04:52 02/21/03 Fri
Author: Cheri
Subject: Friday's inspiration..
In reply to: Cheri 's message, "A New Week. Daily Inspirations and Horse Facts.." on 18:52:16 02/17/03 Mon



ENGRAVED ON GOD'S HANDS

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Isaiah 49:13-16 (NRSV)

Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing!
For the LORD has comforted his people,
and will have compassion on his suffering ones.
But Zion said, "The LORD has forsaken me, my Lord has forgotten me."
Can a woman forget her nursing child,
or show no compassion for the child of her womb? Even these may forget,
yet I will not forget you.
See, I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.

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The LORD says, "See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands." -- Isaiah 49:16 (NIV)

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BUSY adults are not the only ones who feel the world's pressures. As I watched my fourth grader sitting hunched over her science notes at the breakfast table, I asked myself, What can I do to relieve her stress and show her my love? An answer popped into my head, and I reached for her pen and her hand. "This is to remind you that I'm thinking of you," I told Sarah, as I drew a smiling sun on the back of her palm. "When you see this sun smiling up at you, remember that I'll always love you, no matter how you do on a test." Sarah's wrinkled brow relaxed, and she gave me a hug.

I also struggle with life's pressures. I sit hunched over my to-do list and constantly compare myself to other people. Yet in today's passage Isaiah reminds me that God has engraved me - me! - on the palms of his hands. No matter how I measure by human standards, no matter how I do on any test the world gives me, God will always love me with an everlasting love far greater than I can understand. When I remember, as I go about my daily life, how much my God cares for me, my wrinkled brow can relax and I too can bask in my Parent's love.


Prayer: Dear Lord, thank you for your steadfast love. Help us to
remember that we are all your children, that you love and accept each one of us. Amen.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
God always loves us, no matter how we do on our tests.

-- Rebecca S. Ramsey (Puy de Dome, France)

PRAYER FOCUS: Children feeling pressured
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[> Friday's horse fact.. -- Cheri, 16:14:47 02/21/03 Fri



Shaping Up Your Overweight Horse..


Part 2 ..


What about horses?


We first must recognize that it is the combined weight of the horse, rider, and tack that is important when considering the energy cost of the horse's movement.

The effect of weight carriage is plainly evident in Thoroughbred racing--in handicapped races, lead weights are added to the saddle of the better-performing horses in an attempt to "even" the playing field. There is an old racing adage that says: "Weight will stop a train." This extra weight increases the amount of energy required to run and can make the difference between winning and losing.

Setting aside the issue of rider and tack weight, it also is likely that the weight of the horse can influence performance. One of the current controversies surrounding the use of Lasix (furosemide)--a drug given to racehorses to lessen the severity of exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage (EIPH or "bleeding")--is the potential for this drug to improve a horse's race performance independent of any effect on the severity of lung bleeding. Lasix is a diuretic drug, and there is a marked increase in urine production following its administration. In fact, if horses are denied access to food and water after receiving a typical dose of Lasix, there will be about a 2% reduction in body weight within two hours because of this increase in urinary losses.

A weight loss of this magnitude (about 20 pounds for a 1,000-pound horse) will reduce the energy cost of running, perhaps explaining why Lasix could enhance race performance.

Tomorrows fact .. For many other sporting disciplines,


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