“I
would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and
equality and justice and prosperity for all people.” Rosa Parks
“The
only tired I was, was tired of giving in” Rosa Parks
“Memories
of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.”
Rosa Parks
“Faith
is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole
staircase.” MLK Jr.
“The
ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of
comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge
and controversy.”MLK Jr.
I
heard a quote on a podcast that spurred this blog on… the things,
people, cultures, nations, and miracles God has allowed me to see
have changed me. Not like “oh I want to be different” kinda
change, but I actually AM different kinda change. There is this
thing… this thing thats like stuck in the pit of my gut, or Spirit,
that aches for awakening and justice. I no longer want to be just a
lamb… but I want to be a lion. (lioness, whatev) There are things
about our world that need some people to wake up and fight for. There
are some children in this world who are forced to fight and kill
their own families, but they have no one fighting for them. There are
some women and children being forced out of their homes to sell
themselves just to feed a desire of man. If those situations don’t
call for some lion-hearted people, heck I don’t know what does. I
gotta be a lion. I gotta roar my prayers into existence cause He says
I should. I want to have the kinda urgency in my life that can’t wait
to release the Kingdom into dark places, cause I know what happens
when lights come on in a dark room. I want the kinda boldness that
MOVES mountains cause He said I can. I want to have that “thing”
about me that can’t stand to see illness, suffering, injustice,
chains, brokenness… cause I know He paid for freedom so we can be
FREE. I gotta be a lion. I just, I gotta be a lion. Not just today
though, thats not what I’m shootin for, like forever. Everyday of my
life bein a lion who believes and hopes for things that I can’t yet
touch or see.
Sometimes
it takes just one lion. Like my girl Rosa Parks, it was just one
situation, one lion-hearted woman who started a change and made today
different for all of us; or how about Martin Luther King Jr. or Jesus
for crying out loud. History makers and future changers. People just
like you and me who refuse to ignore the injustice and just RUN with
the passion in their gut regardless of their current situation. These
people saw what needed to happen and spent their lives until the
death fighting like lions. I gotta be a lion. Maybe all of us can
choose to be lions. I’m daring myself to be that… to actually
become that roar for the Kingdom. I believe Jesus really meant for
Heaven to come to earth. I think He actually meant EVERYTHING thats
goin down in Heaven can actually be brought and released here. But I
also believe lambs just won’t cut it. But thats just me.
One
lion, I’m tellin ya is flippin scary. Like those animals are crazy.
National Discovery and Animal Planet just don’t do them justice. They
are huge, powerful, kings, predators, all those beastly words. But
what about a group of lions? Im freaked out just thinkin about it.
Ellen Degeneres says a group of something is always scarier than one
of them… and I couldnt agree more.
Anyhow
this whole transforming into a lion-hearted woman is hardwork… God
is continually putting me in situations where I am uncomfortable, but
how am I going to know His presence and power if I am never in a
place to use it?
I
want to tell you all about one of the most delicate things I have
ever eaten. So the other day (like 2 weeks ago)… Julie, Steve, and
I woke up in a village we don’t know the name of and were fed this
piece of delicate meat. We were told this was more delicate and just
as expensive as an entire chicken. As I was truly enjoying gnawing
the little meat off the fragile bones I noticed the feet. 4 of
them… still had little toenails, and bits of fur. Interesting…
“what is this?” “Rat”. My first response was “beeeeeeeeep”
but then after I got over myself I decided that I actually like rat.
Even for breakfast!
I
love you all. Seriously.
