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*Getting Back On* 2/19/02 ____________________________ If you enjoy this free daily email service, I encourage you to spread the word to family and friends that we may bring inspiration into the lives of many! If you are not on the list and this has been passed along to you, join the thousands of HeartTouchers.com readers around the world by sending an e-mail with the word "Subscribe" in the subject line to: HeartTouchers@aol.com Visit our inspirational web site and read all the past stories in our archives at: http://www.HeartTouchers.com _________________________________________ Before we get to today's story, I wanted to share an e-mail I received from my sister, Christina. It is an opportunity to make a difference in someone's life... Thanks! Mike, I had requested prayers for a young woman in our youth group, Whitney Holley. She is fourteen and wonderful. Her family had been going through a tremendous amount of heart ache when a few weeks before Christmas she came down with a terrible infection and began having seizures. The doctors put her in a drug induced coma with hopes of helping her to recover, but when they tried to take her out she did not respond, for months! Her doctors and family thought she had little chance of survival, let alone a healthy life. I received several email notes from people all over the world regarding prayers for Whitney. Well, Whitney is coming home! She looks really well and we are having a "Celebrate Life" party for her this Saturday, the twenty-third of February. I think she would consider it a blessing to know people from all over the world were praying for her. So I am asking that any of you who thought of Whitney, whether you wrote me or not, would send me an email, blessing her. I will print them and make a booklet to take with me to our party. Thanks forever, Christina Miller Tinifer@yahoo.com _________________________________________ Getting Back On By Rubel Shelly I suspect you grew up hearing what my Daddy used to tell me: "Son, when a horse throws you, I want to see you get right back on him. Do you hear me?" Well, yes, I heard him. It's just that we didn't own a horse. But the point of it all wasn't really about horses, falling off, and getting back on them. It was about tenacity and persistence in life. It was about believing in something and not giving up. Here's a story that reminded me of his advice. Seven horses were entered in the Feast of St. Raymond Novices' Chase at Southwell, England, last month. I don't know anything about "St. Raymond," but what happened that day may just qualify him as the Patron of Unlikely Victories. The favorite in the race was a horse named Family Business. Jockey Tony McCoy was in the saddle and set to ride him over the course to victory. Things went reasonably well until a mistake on the tenth of seventeen fences sent McCoy flying. He landed on the muddy ground, threw off his helmet in disgust, and started walking his horse off the course. Glancing up occasionally at the other horses and riders, he saw first one and then another slip on the wet turf. To make a long story short, not a single one of the original seven covered the course without tumbling. It looked more like bowling than steeplechase! "I started walking back toward the weighing room," said McCoy, "and there was one less standing every time I looked. I thought maybe I should get back up and see what happens." So, four minutes after being thrown, he got back on Family Business, re-jumped Fence 10, and completed the 3 1/16-mile course. Tony McCoy wound up the winning rider -- although with an incredibly slow time. He was more than four minutes slower than the average time for races run on the same track. Resolve proved to be more important than speed that day. Discouraged over the economy? Frustrated with a job search? Having problems in your family? Has a relationship broken down? Suffering from a major spiritual setback? Has an old addiction resurfaced to throw you? Being thrown doesn't mean the race is over or that you're through. You have the thrilling option of getting up again and finishing your course. Here is what the Bible says: "Though a righteous person falls seven times, he rises again, but the wicked are brought low by calamity" (Proverbs 24:16). Rubel Shelly whcoc@edge.net Write Rubel and let him know what you thought of his story! (c) 2002 Rubel Shelly. Used by permission. _____________________________ Rubel Shelly has preached for the Woodmont Hills Church of Christ in Nashville since 1978. During that time, he has also taught at David Lipscomb University and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He is the author of more than 20 books, including several which have been translated into languages such as Korean, Japanese, Portuguese, Italian, French, and Russian. He is married to the former Myra Shappley, and they are the parents of three children: Mrs. David (Michelle) Arms, Tim, and Tom. Visit: http://www.faithmatters.com to read more of Rubel's writing or to sign up for his weekly column: FAX of Life. _________________________________________ From now on we will be offering our book, Straight From the Heart "A Celebration of Life" for only $13 (instead of the regular price of $14.95), and best of all, we will pay the shipping! So if you have any interest in purchasing an autographed copy of the book for yourself, or as a gift for your loved ones, now is the time to get it! To order your autographed copy send a check or money order for $13 (We pay the shipping!) for each book made out to Michael T. Powers, and then send it to: Michael T. Powers 1918 Liberty Lane Janesville, WI 53545 To preview the book by reading some of the stories visit: http://www.HeartTouchers.com/michael_t__powers/ AOL Users Click below: Straight From the Heart: A Celebration of Life _________________________________________ Though For The Day: "Man can live about forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes without air... but only for one second without hope." --Hal Lindsey Verse for the Day: "For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11 Kid's Thought For The Day: The teacher asked her class what each wanted to become when they grew up. A chorus of responses came from all over the room. "A football player," "A doctor," "An astronaut," "The president," "A fireman," "A teacher," "A race car driver." Everyone that is, except Tommy. The teacher noticed he was sitting there quiet and still. So she said to him, "Tommy, what do you want to be when you grow up?" "Possible" Tommy replied. "Possible?" asked the teacher. "Yes," Tommy said. "My mom is always telling me I'm impossible. So when I get to be big, I want to be possible." Parent's Thought For The Day: "Don't ask the Lord to guide your footsteps unless you are willing to move your feet." Coach's Thought For The Day: "Leaders are ordinary people -- with extraordinary determination." Writer's Thought For the Day: "Most writers can write books faster than publishers can write checks." --Richard Curtis Deep Thought For The Day: "Sign on the door of a maternity ward in a hospital: 'push, push, push'." ___________________________________________ REQUESTS: Just asking for prayer - Hale is having outpatient surgery on Tuesday morning at 9:15 am to have tubes put in his ears. He's had about 8 ear infections since August. Please pray all goes well and that this procedure takes care of the infections and he can start living life without antibiotics every three weeks. I know this is a common surgery and lots of kids have had it, but I'm just more comfortable surrounded by prayer. Also for my friend Lisa who is scheduled to be induced tomorrow. Pray for a safe delivery of boy #2. Maybe Hale and I will get to see her new baby when we are done! Thanks so much Susan & Hale susanmcd@telocity.com ___________________________________________ _ /_/\/\ MICHAEL T. POWERS \_\ / HeartTouchers@aol.com /_/ \ "For I have been crucified with Christ and I no \_\/\ \ longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I \_\/ live in the body I live for the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me." Galatians 2:20 ___________________________________________ The copyrights to the stories that appear in HeartTouchers.com are owned by the authors and are used with their permission. We refuse to run stories without the author's permission and contact info listed after the story. We also refuse to publish stories listed as "author unknown." (All of which violates Copyright Law and the rights of the authors.) This e-mail may be forwarded in its entirety, but please do not cut and paste the stories to be used elsewhere unless you have contacted and been given permission by the individual writer. Thank you so much for honoring the rights of those writers who graciously share their stories with us! __________________________________________ Video Imagery --Michael's Video Production Business "I thought of you first after my family sat down to watch the video we gave them. They loved it, to say the least! Within thirty seconds my mom was crying and my dad did too. They said it was the best Christmas gift we could have given them!! You did such a beautiful job! They were so surprised and so touched--they really, really, really loved it. Thanks for helping to make it so special to us all. My mom mentioned how the songs were perfect for the video too! Thanks again!" Kelli-- College Station, TX Let me make you a video from your pictures or home movies! Check out the web page for Michael's video production business! Visit: http://www.hearttouchers.com/video_imagery/ AOL Users click here: Video Imagery ___________________________________________ Would you like to see your story in HeartTouchers.com? Writer's guidelines can be found on our Web site here: http://www.HeartTouchers.com/guidelines/ AOL Users click here: Writer's Guidelines ___________________________________________ SUBSCRIBE: "I need a daily source of inspiration and encouragement in my life!" 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