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Date Posted: 15:32:39 11/28/02 Thu
Author: Cheri
Subject: Wednesday's inspiration..
In reply to: Cheri 's message, "A New Week. Daily Inspirations, and Horse Facts.." on 18:21:58 11/25/02 Mon



THANK YOU, GOD

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Luke 17:11-19 (NRSV)

On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten lepers approached him. Keeping their distance, they called out, saying, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!" When he saw them, he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they went, they were made clean. Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice. He prostrated himself at Jesus' feet and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan. Then Jesus asked, "Were not ten made clean? But the other nine, where are they? Was none of them found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?" Then he said to him, "Get up and go on your way; your faith has made you well."

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Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever.

- Psalm 106:1 (NRSV)

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AS I was listening to a preacher speak on the topic of thankfulness, I was reminded of the Bible story of the 10 lepers. In Luke 17 we find Jesus travelling toward Jerusalem when he comes upon a group of 10 men with leprosy. When they recognize Jesus, the lepers ask him to heal them. Jesus instructs them to show themselves to the priests. They obey Jesus. On their way to see the priests, they are cleansed and healed. Yet, only one leper (a Samaritan) comes back to thank Jesus.

How often do we ask God for things -- health, money, a new job, forgiveness, and more? When our prayers are answered we hurriedly thank the Lord; or like the nine lepers who did not return, we say nothing at all.

The leper who returned to thank Jesus is our model for responding to the blessings in our lives. Even in the midst of hard times, if we look we can find ways that God is blessing us. And God offers us the blessing of eternal life each day. As we recognize this and other blessings God bestows on us, we will want to say,

"Thank you, God, for all your goodness and mercy."


Prayer: O Lord, thank you for the many blessings you have bestowed
upon us. Help us to be ever mindful that all we have comes from you. Amen.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
Recognizing God's blessings calls forth our gratitude.

-- Paul F. Petru (Ohio, U.S.A.)

PRAYER FOCUS: To see our blessings
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[> Wednesday's horse fact.. -- Cheri, 15:40:49 11/28/02 Thu



Health concerns of Mules and Donkeys..


Part 9..


Mules, as a rule of thumb, live longer productive lives than horses. In farming days, when an animal's value depended in part on how long it could work, it was often estimated that mules averaged 18 years of work compared to 15 for the horse.


A pamphlet published some decades ago titled, "Jacks, Jennets and Mules," which was designed to tout the stellar qualities of these long-eared animals, gave this report: "One of our members employs 160 mules in harness. He buys 3-year-olds and never sells one. When they become unfit for work, they are humanely destroyed. His records are exact. Of 89 mules in 1921, 28 were still at work aged 24 years in 1942. The average age of death of the 61 that had passed away (or had been put down) was 20 years."

Today, when mules are no longer asked to carry that type of workload and perhaps are recipients of superior nutritional and medical care, it is not uncommon to find useful lifespans of 30 years.


Tomorrows fact .. Surefooted To The End


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