The Lion Sleeps TONIGHT

Hey!  Hope you enjoyed the May long weekend!! Sorry I missed posting. Thanks for all of you that checked in! You're such an encouragement.... you make my eyes leak a little. 

What did you do? As you can see from my picture above we went to the zoo! We also mulched and mulched, wrestled with overgrown wild rose bushes so they could be beautiful and flourish again, went for bikes hikes, went to soccer games, went to the Stampede,  and of course watched the royal wedding.

Ok. Let me correct that. I watched the royal wedding. The other men folk made comments about when it would be over but I had the volume WAY up so I could partake in the fairy tale and blocked out the sideline commentary coming from the family room. It was pretty fun to watch all the fascinating fascinators and to be honest there was a lot of real just plain gorgeous transparency despite it being so regal and way outside my reality. The truth and beauty spoken about God's love made my eyes leak a little and my heart leap a little though. 

The highlight of the weekend-even over that royal wedding- was most definitely that my family went to the zoo. We haven't been in 17 years! We went with the big boys when Dan and I were first dating and they were not so big(!) and haven't been there since. On the weekend trip one of our little guys was so captivated and lost in the moment of watching the penguins I heard him say to himself "this is the best day of my life". And you know what that does: it makes a momma heart smile and makes it one of the best day of hers too.

BUT I was on a derailed mission to get a ferocious open mouthed lion for you at the zoo after my last post. In case you missed it... I once googled how to stop a hungry lion and discovered an amazing connection that REALLY applies to stopping those things that are trying to tear and devour you up inside as well. If you haven't read the blog post it's here and still one of my favourite aha moments:
​www.catherinegillard.com/blog/flickering-lights

The link to the article where the boy created an incredible system of lion lights now works on the blog. If you haven't read it check out the link!!

As you can see from my picture above... at the zoo on this gorgeous day the lions were sleepy. That bright light was STREAMING right over them and they were resting. That's legit them in the picture. Not pacing, not moving.  They were NOT on the prowl at all. In fact, in that moment as I stared at them truth about the lion lights success caught me again:

Lions go INTO the DARK to hunt.

That's the key to why the boy's ingenius system worked. The lights flashed visible and bright IN THE DARK. Confusing and scaring off the lions. And they were made to do that because that's when they were needed.

That's when people are in danger. When they try to hide in the dark. That's where lions hunt and that's where lies prowl and tear you up. In the dark. 

NOT in the light.

Flickering lights work. It's time to think it through and commit to heart why. It's been proven both in the heat of that little village AND in the heat of OUR daily lives. 

The truth is we CAN stop those lion things --or should I say those LYIN' things- that come at us and we start to believe  have the power to devour us. 

 I don't think it's a coincidence that a giant was fought by a boy about the same size as this kid who made the lion lights. It wasn't their size. Both just took faith over fear. And both took faith in bringing things in line with the LIGHT.  They both showed us the truth. DON'T HIDE IN THE DARK SCARED. There's no true safety there. STEP INTO THE LIGHT.

So here's the ONE battle plan:
1) KEEP THE LIGHT ON. Fight for it.  Tear down anything that blocks your receiving light.  Cut down any overgrowth and undergrowth that rises up  or over the light of truth flickering in your life.
2) DON'T LET YOUR HEART LIGHT FLICKER ALONE.  Connect for it. Find a group of people to flicker WITH. Tell them your struggles and choose to LISTEN and RECEIVE  truth. It's a system and not a solitary flicker that gave it power.

And first off I want to say... You are NOT alone. It's a LIE. You can flicker WITH the one who's light is brighter than day and He'll illuminate the way.  HE SHUTS THE MOUTHS OF LIONS. He shuts up lies. GO TOWARDS that light. He's always on your team. He fights for YOU. Seek him and He WILL put others in your path to shine with you too. It's HIS WAY.  Send a note here if you need prayer. Join in because you're meant to be part of our string of beautiful lights.

So what are we gonna do?

Operate IN the light.  Stay IN the LIGHT.  And that hungry lion? He'll sleep.  TONIGHT.

And besides that? That lyin' problem in your head won't just sleep tonight. It'll will grow weak and hungry. 

​The royal wedding was beautiful. But truth is Harry and Meghan have got NOTHING on us. We're IN the family of the bluest and truest blood there ever was. We're sons and daughters of THE King. We're going to lack NO GOOD THING. And our daddy God is SO proud of each and every flicker of light we bring.  Keep on shining! You're made for this!