{"id":1523,"date":"2011-05-24T09:15:53","date_gmt":"2011-05-24T16:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/?p=1523"},"modified":"2011-05-24T09:15:53","modified_gmt":"2011-05-24T16:15:53","slug":"nice-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/nice-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Nice story."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve already heard this story re-read it again and share it with your friends;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Two Horses <\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Just up the road from my home is a field, with two horses in it. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"1\" width=\"320\" height=\"214\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/1.jpg 320w, https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From a distance, each horse looks like any other horse. But if you stop your car, or are walking by, you will notice something quite amazing&#8230;. <\/p>\n<p>Looking into the eyes of one horse will disclose that he is blind. His owner has chosen not to have him put down, but has made a good home for him.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"2\" width=\"378\" height=\"253\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/2.jpg 378w, https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This alone is amazing. <\/p>\n<p>If you stand nearby and listen, you will hear the sound of a bell.<br \/>\nLooking around for the source of the sound, you will see that it comes from the smaller horse in the field. <\/p>\n<p>Attached to the horse&#8217;s halter is a small bell.<br \/>\nIt lets the blind friend know where the other horse is, so he can follow. <\/p>\n<p>As you stand and watch these two friends,<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ll see that the horse with the bell is always checking on the blind horse, and that the blind horse will listen for the bell and then slowly walk to where the other horse is, trusting that he will not be led astray. <\/p>\n<p>When the horse with the bell returns<br \/>\nTo the shelter of the barn each evening,<br \/>\nIt stops occasionally and looks back,<br \/>\nMaking sure that the blind friend isn&#8217;t too far behind to hear the bell.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"3\" width=\"400\" height=\"299\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/3.jpg 400w, https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/3-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Like the owners of these two horses,<br \/>\nGod does not throw us away just because we are not perfect<br \/>\nOr because we have problems or challenges. <\/p>\n<p>He watches over us and even brings others into our lives<br \/>\nTo help us when we are in need.. <\/p>\n<p>Sometimes we are the blind horse<br \/>\nBeing guided by the little ringing bell of those who God places in our lives. <\/p>\n<p>Other times we are the guide horse, helping others to find their way&#8230;. <\/p>\n<p>Good friends are like that&#8230; You may not always see them, but you know they are always there.. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve already heard this story re-read it again and share it with your friends; Two Horses Just up the road from my home is a field, with two horses in it. From a distance, each horse looks like any other horse. But if you stop your car, or are walking by, you will notice &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[204,83,125],"class_list":["post-1523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-2horses","tag-friends","tag-stories"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1523"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1534,"href":"https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1523\/revisions\/1534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}