All my life I have had an affinity for Lions...I'm sure it all started from being a Henderson raised kid...every Friday in the Fall I was at a football game cheering on the Lions, which I would eventually play (or not play depending on the year/game) for when I grew up.
Many of us grew up wanting to be Lions, I mean it's Texas and it's football and it's all the other sports and activities. We all eventually grew up and became what we were trying to be, or those of us that made it that far, we were Lions. I don't think we really truly understood what a Lion really is. I don't think I ever did until here lately. Lions are magnificent animals.
According to the encyclopedia, a Lion is a "large, powerfully built cat...the proverbial 'king of beasts,'" Lions also have figured out a way to survive, pack mentality. Lions stick together and help each other, even though they have the ability to function and live apart from their pride, which some do, but they survive!
The Bible talks about Lions quite a bit. Jesus himself is coined the Lion of Judah in Revelation..."Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals." In Amos, Amos compares God's voice to the roar of a Lion..."The lion has roared who will not fear? The Sovereign LORD has spoken who can but prophesy?" I discovered the latter verse during the Henderson Lions historic run to the state championship this past football season. The day of the state game, all of us were using that verse in statuses on Facebook and just in regular conversation with each other. The verse stuck in my mind, and reading it gets me excited everytime.
Then Christian rapper, KB came out with a song called 'Lion King.' Not only does this song get krunk because it has some of the Circle of Life, but it further drives home the point that our God is a Lion.
He's fierce. He's mighty. He's KING!
So, all that to say, I'm learning to adopt a Lion lifestyle. Being who God is, and who He created me to be.
thoughts of a Junior High football coach on Jesus, life, and sports.
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