365 Days of Spirit-Filled Fruits Challenge-Day 124

We went to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo yesterday to see the new 1.5 year old male lion. Although his mane will not be fully grown until he’s three, he was impressive. We watched him lick a block of ice he was given that had fish inside it that he would eventually get to. The lion is definitely called the king of the beasts for a reason. The sheer size of his paws and jaws is not something I would ever want to encounter in the wild. King Jesus is exponentionally more impressive. There isn’t a measuring device that could measure his power and his glory. It is beyond our scope of thinking. He is within the hearts of millions of us. His power is within us. Oh what the believers of this world could do if they really believed with all their heart, soul and spirit. This power from our King is around us all the time. Do you recognize it? Take that power within and conquer your fears, defeat your anger, harness love, peace and forgiveness and take that to the world. Our King asks us to love one another as he loves us. Are you loving others without thoughts of yourself? Keep working at it as I will.

Psalm 24: 7 Lift up your heads, O you gates, be lifted up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.

365 Days of Praise Challenge-Day 138

In the evening on Easter, I saw our cat Luke sitting on a red blanket with the stuffed lamb that Faith got for Easter. I was immediately struck with this is like the lion and the lamb peacefully sitting together in heaven. I just love little gifts like this that God gives me. I ran for my camera and thanks to God was able to get a photo of it. I was looking for the scripture on this and having trouble so I turned to google.com to help. I found out that this among others are often misquoted scriptures. The scripture actually says it's a wolf and a lamb. In any case, the idea of a peaceful kingdom where a predator can live in peace with the preys of this world is so hopeful. This is a good lesson in you can't always believe what you hear so go to the Word of God and find the truth.
Isaiah 11:6 The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them.