Secretariat

 "Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said..."

"Do you give the horse his might?

Do you clothe his neck with a mane?

Do you make him leap like the locust?

His majestic snorting is terrible.

He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength;

He goes out to meet the weapons.

He laughs at fear and is not dismayed;

And he does not turn back from the sword.

The quiver rattles agains him,

The flashing spear and javelin.

With shaking and rage he races over the ground;

And he does not stand still at the voice of the trumpet.

As often as the trumpet sounds he says, 'Aha!'

He scents the battle from afar,

And thunder of the captains, and the war cry."

Job 38:1, 39:19-25

The above scripture was the starting line to one of the best movies I have seen in a while.

Josh, Mom and I went to it the other night.  I think it is on my list of favorites.  It is about Secretariat, one of the greatest race horses of all times.  There is yet a horse to beat his record. 

He was a champion of champions.

   

 It was one that just touches the right chord in your heart and makes you want to sob for the sheer joy of watching this animal run.  The director did an excellent job of letting the movie grow, and letting the emotions of the moment rule.  It was beautiful.   

If you haven’t gone and watched it at the theatre, it is worth the $20 to go and buy it.  Yes, it was that good. 

It was very clean.  One place where there is a bit of rude humor, although not bad. 

One of the things I took away from the movie was that God created this wonderful animal that was a one-of-a-kind animal.  But it still needed an owner who was willing to persevere and still continue on through rough spots, and who would believe in Big Red and be beside him to get him to where he needed to be to “show off God”.   The animal in itself was amazing, but it needed a human to get it to the races.  To train him, feed him, take care of him when he was sick.  

It was excellent!  Absolutely beautiful!  I thoroughly enjoyed it.  Anyway, go see it.  :grin:

Love in Christ,

Rebecca

The owner and Secretariat;

The Real owner and the actress who played the owner;

Some quotes from the movie;

"He leans back against the starting gate like he's in a hammock in the Caribbean"

"The owner hates the attention but the horse loves it."

"That woman scares me."

"How much did you pay for your hat?"

"That horse just loves to run."