In elementary school, I was taught March enters like a lion and exits like a lamb. Quite frankly, until recently that saying never made too much sense to me as fierce meat-eating predators don’t willingly become docile vegetarians however when I think of different events in my life, the lion to lamb analogy makes perfect sense. Have you ever started out confident, certain and full of energy but by the time it was over, were drained and felt like giving up? If you’re lioness lost a few sharp teeth, her roar isn’t as powerful as it used to be and maybe once or twice, she backed down from a fight.
But the thing about a lioness is, no matter where you place her or how seemingly docile she’s become, eventually a lioness will rise to be who she was created to be. Same thing for us, we are born with incredible potential and queenly dignity. Sometimes we allow things to distract us from our path; we listen to the voices who entice us to remove our crowns and place a jester’s hat on our head so we can be accepted by others or we simply become tired of saying no and decide to accept the smooth lie from a convenient person. But even crown-less, a queen is still a queen and even if you remove her from her natural element, a lioness is still a lioness. Even in your worst moments, you are still beautiful, strong, intelligent, kind, worthy of respect and you still have purpose (Psalm 119:73; Hebrews 2:7: Proverbs 31:5; ). Who is that walking down the street? How, despite everything she’s been through can she still be strong? Why does she still hold onto hope? Because she’s a lioness and a lioness has to do what a lioness has to do (Psalm 46:5; 1 Cor. 15:10). Rev. Antoinette
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May 2019
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