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Date Posted: 17:39:56 01/10/03 Fri
Author: Cheri
Subject: Friday's horse fact..
In reply to: Cheri 's message, "A New Week. Daily Inspiration's and Horse Fact's." on 23:30:01 01/06/03 Mon


The Lipizzan..


BREED ORIGIN..


The Hapsburg family controlled both Spain and Austria when the art of classical riding revived in Europe during the Renaissance. There was a need for light, fast horses for use in the military and the riding school. The Spanish horse, produced during Moorish rule by crossing Berber and Arab stallions with Iberian mares, was considered the most suitable mount because of its exceptional sturdiness, beauty, and intelligence.

In 1562, Maximillian II brought the Spanish horse to Austria and founded the court stud at Kladrub. His brother Archduke Charles established a similar private imperial studfarm with Spanish stock in 1580 at Lippiza (nowadays: Lipizza [Italian], or Lipica [Slovenian]) near the Adriatic Sea. Here on the Karst plateau near Triest the type of horse which was bred in Lippiza was called the Lippizaner. Today in Europe the breed is called Lipizzaner or, in America, Lipizzan.


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[> Saturday's inspiration.. -- Cheri, 00:41:11 01/12/03 Sun



A SPECIAL BLESSING

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Philippians 4:4-7 (NRSV)

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

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Jesus said, "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you."

- John 14:27 (NRSV)

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THIS was my second bout with kidney disease. After the first episode the previous year, I had been unable to work for several months. During that same period my elderly, widowed father had suffered two cardiac crises, which, I was convinced, were precipitated by stress and worry over my condition. I dreaded telling him that I was ill again.

Finally I told him of my relapse, praying that God would help him bear the news. Since my mother died three years earlier, his already failing health had declined. Without the joy of her love and companionship, living seemed to become a sad, weighty chore for him. But he told me he would request prayer for me at his church.

A few days later we talked, and his voice held a lightness I had not heard in several years. He had offered my name to his church family for prayer, and he also left the service with what he called "a special blessing." He described it as a peace, an assurance that God was in control. Not only was his burden for me lifted but a door to new life opened for him. Although he will always walk with an empty space beside him, grief is not his only partner now. Peace has joined him on his journey.


Prayer: Father, thank you that even in adversity you bring great,
unexpected blessings. Your peace removes our fears and anxieties as we rest in the hollow of your hand. Amen.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
God offers us peace as a companion on our journey.

-- Susan Parker King (Tennessee, U.S.A.)

PRAYER FOCUS: Widows and widowers
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