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Date Posted: 15:44:34 12/12/02 Thu
Author: Cheri
Subject: Thursday's inspiration..
In reply to: Cheri 's message, "A New Week! Daily Inspirations, and Horse Facts.." on 18:57:14 12/09/02 Mon



A MOTHER'S LOVE

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1 Corinthians 13:1-13 (NRSV)

If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end. For we know only in part, and we prophesy only in part; but when the complete comes, the partial will come to an end. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known. And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

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The LORD said, "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."

- Isaiah 49:15 (NRSV)

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MY mother told me that when I was a newborn, I slept all day. At night I woke up, and I stayed awake all night. The only way my mother could calm my crying was to hold me in her arms. So my mother stayed up every night. Her health suffered, but she always took care of me. Her love knew no limits.

Forty years later, I spend sleepless nights caring for premature infants who struggle as they cling to life. I work the night shift in a ward for premature infants. There I see God's love in the love of parents for their children.

As I remember my mother's sacrificial love for me, as I care for these fragile newborns, and as I witness their parents' love for them, I have a better understanding of God's love for us. We have life because of Jesus Christ, God's great gift to humanity. I have a better understanding of God's love because I have experienced my mother's love and because I work with little ones, caring for them in the night.


Prayer: God, you gather us in your arms as a loving mother. May we
find rest and reassurance in your steadfast care. Amen.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
The love of God knows no limits.

-- Manuel Montana Gutierrez (Punta Arenas, Chile)

PRAYER FOCUS: Those caring for premature infants
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[> Thursday's horse fact.. -- Cheri, 15:54:45 12/12/02 Thu




Health Concerns of Mules and Donkeys..


Part 15, and end of series..


Reproduction..


A basic difference between donkeys and horses is the gestation period. For horses, generally speaking, it is about 11 months. For the jennet, the normal span is 12 months and a number of females will carry their foals 13 months and still deliver a normal offspring.

An aspect of the donkey and mule personality that pet owners should be aware of is their natural aversion to dogs. In Wyoming and other Western states, it is not unusual to see a donkey or two roaming the range with a flock of sheep. If a dog or coyote appears near the flock, the donkey will run it off with snapping teeth and flashing hooves.

Mules which are exposed to dogs on a regular basis learn to tolerate them, but with donkeys, exposure might involve a longer period.

So, we can conclude that mules and donkeys need much the same care and attention to their well-being as horses, with a few extra concerns thrown in. If properly cared for and handled appropriately--especially in the case of mules--they can be excellent animals for a variety of disciplines.

Just remember, "Mules is different."


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