RECENTLY WATCHED THE GREAT HORSE MOVIE "SECRETARIAT" THE GREAT TRIPLE CROWN WINNER, AND WHO FLEW IN THE BELMONT - 1 AND 1/2 MILES OF THUNDEROUS SPEED FROM START TO FINISH; HE WON BY 31 LENGTHS IN RECORD TIME FOR THE BELMONT. NO HORSE HAS COME CLOSE TO MATCHING THAT RUN IN THE BELMONT.
ON HIS DEATH THEY DISCOVERED SECRETARIAT HAD A HEART TWICE THE SIZE OF THE NORMAL HORSE.
I'VE WATCHED THE MOVIE "WAR HORSE" - JUST UNBELIEVABLE WHAT HORSES HAVE DONE IN SERVING MANKIND, DOWN THROUGH THE CENTURIES.
NO I DO NOT BELIEVE IN EVOLUTION. I WAS BORN IN A SMALL VILLAGE IN SOUTH WALES, THE HORSES THERE WITH ALL THE CREATURES, I STOOD IN WONDER OF; USED TO WATCH THE CATERPILLAR SOFTLY CRAWL UPON MY BARE ARM; I'D LISTEN TO THE BIRDS SING; WATCH THE LADY-BUG UPON MY HAND AND THEN TAKE FLIGHT. EVERYTHING I FOUND MOST WONDERFUL.
MOVING TO ENGLAND AT AGE 5, MY PARENTS SENT ME TO THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL. WE HAD A BIBLE GIVEN TO US ON THE FIRST DAY; WE OPENED IT AND READ....."IN THE BEGINNING GOD MADE THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH....." IT WENT ON TO SAY ALL THE CREATURES, AND EVERYTHING AROUND US WAS HIS HANDY-WORK.
IT WAS A LIGHT SWITCH GOING OFF IN MY HEAD...... I HAD MY ANSWER..... IT WAS THE GOD OF THIS UNIVERSE WHO MADE EVERYTHING WE CAN SEE, AND SOME THINGS, LIKE THE WIND, WE CANNOT SEE.
THE HORSE HAS BEEN MAN'S GREATEST FRIEND AND SERVANT.
WATCHING THE MOVIE "SECRETARIAT" THEY QUOTE SCRIPTURE FROM THE BOOK OF JOB. IT IS GOD ANSWERING JOB:
"HAST THOUGH GIVEN THE HORSE STRENGTH? HAST THOUGH CLOTHED HIS NECK WITH THUNDER? CANST THOU MAKE HIM AFRAID LIKE THE GRASSHOPPER? THE GLORY OF HIS NOSTRILS IS TERRIBLE. HE PAWETH IN THE VALLEY, AND HE REJOICES IN HIS STRENGTH: HE GOES ON TO MEET THE ARMED MAN. HE MOCKETH AT FEAR. AND IS NOT AFFRIGHTENED. NEITHER TURNS HE BACK FROM THE SWORD. THE QUIVER RATTLES AGAINST HIM, THE GLITTER OF SPEAR AND SHIELD. HE SWALLOWETH THE GROUND WITH FIERCENESS AND RAGE......" (JOB 39: 1924).
ALL THE THINGS THE HORSE HAS DONE FOR US OVER THE MILLENNIUMS.
THE HORSE IS TRULY ONE OF THE GREAT BLESSINGS TO MANKIND FROM THE ETERNAL CREATOR.
WE'VE HAD THE WONDER OF THE HORSES LIKE "SEA-BISCUIT" - "SECRETARIAT" - "RUFFIAN" - IN THE THOROUGHBRED HORSE RACING. WE'VE HAD THE WONDER OF THE GREATEST SHOW JUMPING OF THE LATE "HICKSTEAD." WE'VE SEEN THE BEAUTY AND TALENT AND THE SPEED OF ROY ROGERS' "TRIGGER" IN 90 FULL-LENGTH MOVIES. WE'VE SEEN THE FABULOUS TRICKS (THEY SAY HE COULD DO 100 ON CUE) OF ROY'S SECOND TRIGGER, HE USED AT PUBLIC RODEOS.
LIKE THE DOG, THE HORSE IS ONE OF A HANDFUL OF MAN'S BEST BLESSINGS AND FRIENDS.
ON THE CHINA CALENDAR, THIS YEAR IS THE YEAR OF THE HORSE.
MAYBE MAKE SOME TIME THIS YEAR TO VISIT A HORSE RANCH, A RIDING SCHOOL, SOMETHING TO DO WITH HORSES. YOU'LL SEE ONE OF THE GREAT BLESSINGS WE AS HUMANS WERE GIVEN.
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