Lioness Arising... A rising is coming!

This is for the ladies! I couldn't let this post go. I found it while searching through my main blog, Reflections! I was sharing a blog about a book that I read back in 2013 called Lioness Arising, by Lisa Bevere. https://amzn.to/3ztOaUU  I have a picture of it underneath this post. Let me know what you think! This book was amazing and I learned so much about how beautiful the lioness is, and how they work together to protect their tribes. We as parents have "tribes" to protect and we can't do it alone. We need other mamas in our lives that can help carry the burden and the blessings of this thing called motherhood.

I love this book!! I'm learning so much from it!! This morning, I learned that lionesses raise their young together!! This was really beautiful to me because I've always dreamed of that! I always wanted to raise my children with sisters in Christ!! Lionesses learn to work together and that is so encouraging to me!

In our ministry, God has been moving in all of our hearts like crazy! We find ways all the time to support each other in whatever way we can! Last Thursday night, my husband and I were supposed to go the vision dinner at church. But what God placed on my heart was too real for me not to share it with our ministry family. We changed the plan for the night and hosted Sleepwaker instead!! It still amazes me what God has formed in us! We are really a family going through this journey of life together! In this Family you can be real. You don't have to perform for us to love you; you just be who you are. We laugh, we cry, and we grow together. I miss these gatherings very much and would love to continue opening our home for these ministry experiences! To our Sleepwaker Family, we miss you!! We are so blessed to have been a part of what God is doing in all of our lives with you!! 

Much like my lioness sister, the pride sticks together! Just like our ministry is close, the lionesses are constantly working together to protect the pride cubs. In our ministry, we have lion cubs to protect. As the sole lioness in the ministry, I will protect the cubs, so to speak. There will be more "cubs" in the future of our ministry family, and every single one needs protection! My prayer is God rises up more lioness sisters in this ministry so we can protect each other's "lion cubs." The time to learn from these majestic creatures is now!! I pray that we all have lioness sisters that will help us raise our lion cubs to be mighty lions and lionesses with a loud roar! Join the call!

Also the strategy of the lioness hunt fascinates me. Lionesses hunt together! When they are ready to hunt, they strategically place themselves to be ready for their role in the hunt. One lioness scares the impala, another is nearby, and yet a third is close in range. You see, they feed the same pride, so they all have some significant role in providing for their cubs. No one role is any less significant and they will change from time to time. 

I'm learning not to fear the power God has placed in me! I'm learning that I am needed for the hunt! I play a significant part in the success of the hunt. You do too! 

Dear lioness sister will you take your post? Will you join the force of rising that is coming? The world can not wait! It needs your heart, hands, feet and mind to act in the authority given to you by the Lion of the tribe of Judah, Jesus Himself! Rise, my beautiful lioness sister and stand full in the power you own inside of you! The future of the lion pride depends on it! Be blessed my sister! 

From our Pride to Yours! 

Tina Martina Putney