One of the first things you should know about me is that I believe in God, the one true God, and I believe He still speaks today. I live in a community of believers that practice their faith and long to discover the depths of the goodness of God.

One evening, a respected friend got a word for me. She said that I was like a lion, willing to receive friends into my mane to offer comfort and protection. And that I was very willing to roar and protect those I cared for. But she also said that the expectations that were placed on me, as a lion, were simply those of a caged lion. That only God knew the way an uncaged lion would behave and that he wanted to reveal this level of freedom and behavior to me.

One of my favorite verses is 2 Cor 3.16-18 …but whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.

So her word to me reminded me that as I continue to stare into the beautiful face of God, that the bondages of this world will break and fade away and new levels of freedom and glory will be received. And that is my hearts desire. To know the goodness of God more than I know anything else. Not to be a lion walking in circles in a cage, with desires and abilities unmet and unrealized, but to be the lion that runs free through the land, knowing the strength and power that belongs to him.

http://www.gloryglimpses.com/2008/07/hes-coming-song-of-solomon-28.html …this is a prophetic artist (and friends!) blog, she painted a running lion, representing Jesus. A print of this painting hangs in my bedroom. Jesus is the ultimate example of an uncaged lion, He operated in total freedom and authority, and He longs for us to run alongside him.