![]() Devotional & Christian Living DevotionalĪwaken.Our roar will be the collective expression of hope and love to everyone around us and to all those who need us. All the intangibles of faith, hope and love become tangible within individuals, and are expressed in our unified response to the world's needs. We must learn to live what is within us out loud. Women must also be a voice for the voiceless. When the cubs are threatened, lionesses will roar as a group in a fearless proclamation of protection. You alone have the power to open your life to sunlight and live without fear or shame. Like the lioness, women must live their lives in the open with a light-filled heart. She conducts her life in the open, sun-filled expanses of Africa. ![]() When a lioness isn't hunting, she has no reason to move about in the shadows. So reach out to those around you with darkness in their lives and offer them hope, love and light! There is power in the realization of a connection, that we are not alone in our struggles. There are desperate people all over the world who are trapped in the darkness, waiting for someone to bring hope into their lives. Women too should take the smallest points of light and hope and transform them into sight. She can take the smallest point of light and transform it into sight. You may not know or do everything, but what you do know, you chose to do well!Ī lioness has the ability to see in the dark. There is exceptional ability, strength or valor waiting to be developed in every woman's life. Like the lioness, women too have prowess. Their ability to provide for their pride is unmatched. ![]() Lionesses are the height of hunting prowess. There is incredible beauty in the strength of a woman. Women of every shape, size and color are as stunning, wild and fierce as the lioness. They move with purpose, aware that the survival of their pride depends on their legacy of skill and strength. Each woman has her own skill set that contributes to a valued whole.Ī lioness is a beautiful creature. Just as lionesses hunt together, without competition and without breaking rank, no woman's portion or contribution is more significant than another's. Sometimes we disagree but that doesn't mean we disband. Together, we laugh, cry, pray and confess fears, sins and weaknesses. We speak into one another's lives and invite others to give their input as well. Women must help each other keep our lives clean. They also groom each other after the hunt. Lionesses are the only big cats that hunt in concerted groups. The deliberate extension of goodness, generosity and wisdom always wins out in the end. Turning back or waiting for others may slow you down, but only at first. Women should also reach out to those who need help. Accept your failures as stepping stones to your strength and future successes.Ī lioness will bring meat to a lion that is afraid to venture into the wilderness himself. You may fail at your first attempts to develop strength, but this is part of the learning process. Lionesses often fail when they first learn to hunt, but that doesn't mean they never hunt again. The Lioness sets aside former limitations. Embrace your strength! Do not mistake meekness for weakness! It is tempered strength and controlled might! When we stop struggling in our own ability, our true strength is revealed. If we limit ourselves with our fear of our own might, we forfeit our strength and beauty. The Lioness is at ease with her strength, at rest with her power They are powerful hunters, but spend much of their time in rest and play. Every child needs to be protected, nurtured, trained and provided for.Ī Lioness is a strong and powerful creature. Every child deserves an equal chance of survival. It is not enough to be concerned with our own children. As women, we should be committed to putting distance between all Earth's children and whatever endangers them or threatens them. Awaken, rise up and dare to realize all you were created to be.Ī lioness will not endanger another lioness's cub any more than she'd endanger her own. Don't be afraid of your strength, questions, or insights. But shouldn't we spend some time looking at the power behind the throne, the queen of the jungle? Lisa Bevere, author of "Lioness Arising: Wake Up and Change Your World" believes we should. The king of the jungle always gets the attention.
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