Horsepower Out of Control:

In our day when the power-plant on a simple push lawnmower is measured in multiple horse power, we tend to forget the just how powerful these beasts are. Through most of history military might was measured in number of men, and how many horses an army had.A tragedy in a fourth of July parade in Iowa reminds us of just how strong these animals are. It was the quintessential scene for a small town Fourth of July in farming country. A wagon with six passengers, smiling and waving to the crowd was pulled by a team of draft horses. Normally, as James in the Bible points out, a driver is able to control a horse "by means of a small bit in its mouth." On this day as the horses rubbed against one another the bit was dislodged from one of the horses, something happened to spook the team, and after a six block runaway, twenty-some people were injured-some critically-and one was dead.James uses the power of the horse to illustrate the destructive force of the tongue. Don't let that thing get away from you.It's STTA.