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Date Posted: 12:45:51 11/18/02 Mon
Author: Cheri
Subject: Monday's horse fact ..
In reply to: Cheri 's message, "A New Week. Daily Inspirations, and Horse Facts..." on 12:25:54 11/18/02 Mon



Health Concerns of Mules and Donkeys..


Part 1 ..


The veteran mule breeder eyed me speculatively. I was there to pick up two mares that had been bred to his Mammoth jack.

"I hear you train horses," he said.

"Some."

"Ever train a mule?"

"No."

He inclined his head toward the two pregnant mares. "Plannin' to train those youngsters after they're born?"

"I guess. Any reason I shouldn't?"

He thought a moment and said, "Mules is different."

"Tell me how they're different."

But, in the fashion of the stoical neighbor in Robert Frost's "Mending Wall," he wouldn't go much beyond that saying, "Mules is different."

As I was leaving, he suggested that I consider getting assistance from a knowledgeable mule trainer when it was time to break the youngsters.

Some years and the ownership of a number of pack mules later, I now recognize the veracity of that simple statement: "Mules is different."

Mules and donkeys are a lot like horses, to be sure, but in many ways, including some health concerns, they are most definitely different. First, we should have a basic understanding about what constitutes these unique four-footed creatures. We provide the following nomenclature with the help of the American Donkey and Mule Society.

Tomorrows fact .. Common Mule terms.

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[> Tuesday's inspiration.. -- Cheri, 18:20:55 11/19/02 Tue



PRAYERFUL COMFORT

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2 Corinthians 1:3-7 (NRSV)

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation, who consoles us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to console those who are in any affliction with the consolation with which we ourselves are consoled by God. For just as the sufferings of Christ are abundant for us, so also our consolation is abundant through Christ. If we are being afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation; if we are being consoled, it is for your consolation, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we are also suffering. Our hope for you is unshaken; for we know that as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our consolation.

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We can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

- 2 Corinthians 1:4 (NIV)

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IT had been several weeks since the funeral. The relatives had departed for home; friends had returned to their routines; all the dishes and food containers had been delivered back to their rightful owners. My elderly widow friend was now alone. She had been through the same circumstances my mother had gone through; her husband had died from the same type of cancer.

I kept praying that I could do more for her in the weeks and months that followed the initial loss. But what could I do that would be truly meaningful and personal? I determined to continue calling her often.

Then one day as I spoke to her on the phone, another idea came to me. "What is the most difficult part of the day for you now?" I asked. She answered, "The evening time. Why do you ask?" I told her I would be praying for her especially during that time. She softly whispered a grateful thank-you.

My mother's grief experience had shown me that though each day was difficult, there was often a time, an hour, when grief seemed most intense. This insight from past suffering enabled me to offer comfort, to be a sign of God's continual love and care.


Prayer: Loving God, help us to offer comfort in ways that have
personal meaning for those in need. Show us how to embody your love for those who suffer loss. Amen.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
The comfort we receive from God shows us how to comfort others.

-- Valerie L. Runyan (New Mexico, U.S.A.)

PRAYER FOCUS: Those comforting the bereaved
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