A Horse Hug: How a Horse Came into Grace

By Martha Leynes-Selbert

Are horses more intelligent than people think they are? Miracle transformations are the best surprises!

If you love horses, enjoy an unusual story about a horse. Learn how horse owners talk and how they make horses do what they want them to do. Discover secrets and truths about the grace of God you may have never

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trilogy Christian Publishing
• Release date: Sep 29, 2023
• ISBN: 9798890411167

Martha Leynes-Selbert

The author experienced forty years of living with horses. She practiced a unique way of teaching horses more humanely than traditional ways. She competed on horseback in state- wide competitions. She studied the teachings of Pastor Joseph Prince and graduated from a local church's school of ministry. Paralysis and surgery caused the author to move to a facility where she shares the gospel with other residents and assistants.

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Dedication

The author dedicates this book to the following entities:

Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—

John1:12 NIV

Joseph Prince Ministries

Creflo Dollar Ministries

All my immediate family members, especially my son, Matt, and his family of Allison, Jacob, and River, who live nearby and provide maintenance with love and support; as well as those who live at a distance but always show me immeasurable love and support: my daughter, Perry Anne, and Jed and Tula; my son, Andrew, and Jen and Owen; and my brother Wally and Gloria.

My late husband, Lawrence, who provided support and physical circumstances necessary for this book.

Patricia Sue and her Brook Hill horses for being my friend and mentor for twenty years.

Every single one of the little ranch horses for what they taught me.

Kaleigh Brooks, Programs Coordinator at Brookdale Midlothian VA Senior Living, for providing technical support with unfailing patience and encouragement.

Introduction

Only by God’s Grace can this narrative be written—by the supernatural power of His Holy Spirit, tangible circumstances aligned in a fallen world to allow it. The physical caretaking of a horse took place and gave this animal a chance to feel and recognize emotion in its tiny soul. Horses will go on to be regarded as dumb beasts by people, but the truth revealed here comes by way of Jesus Christ.

For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. (John 1:17 NIV)

The author has no intention to insult the many ways people deal with horses. The intention is only to provide a heavenly glimpse of hope for the betterment of one of Almighty God’s most beautiful animal creations. For the reader, it is a reminder of the true Gospel of Grace clearly revealed in Biblical Scripture that brings with it a personal relationship with Christ Jesus that, as of December 2022, is lacking in the religion of most local churches. The true believers in Christ in those churches live their mortal lives as baby Christians and in Heaven will know how they could have lived the abundant life on Earth that Lord Jesus spoke in John 10:10 NIV. (Will the tears in Revelation 21:4 NIV "He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will

be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." be tears of baby Christians?)

Prologue

This is a true story of a small horse of a special breed who was trained at the age of eighteen months to be ridden as a trail horse. It was required to perform its natural four-beat gait as fast as possible in order to be sold to a person who would pay a high price to obtain a recreational horse of the breed. The story tells of the years after this horse’s performance as a trail horse for several different owners. It begins when the horse is sold at the age of fourteen.

For four months