Reflecting in the Woods

I really had no plan at this point, I was just walking the trails in the area waiting for God to speak. I was headed in the direction that God had led me to go, and I ended up at the bench I was heading to sooner than I had planned. I sat down, with two Proverbs fresh on my mind, and I did what you've probably come to expect.

I got out my pen and a few 3x5 cards, and wrote these words.


There will always be lions in the street. There Will always be reasons not to go, not to try, not to risk.

A life of excuses ends with regrets

Lion Killers don't deny that the lions are real. They don't deny the dangers/risks. They choose to face what scares them.

Lion Killers really live.

"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door..."

What is holding me back from taking to the road?

What risks seem too daunting?

Am I allowing the reality of lions to keep me home?


Everything about this vision quest seemed to be in opposition to it. The weather was looking bad, the feelings of anxiety and panic I felt, loosing my hammock in the dark. There were lions outside, there were lions in the open square, but I can say I faced them. I had so many chances to give up this quest, so many chances to miss out on what God wanted to tell me, but I didn't quit, and I didn't back down. I fought the lions, and God gave me victory.

I sat there for a few minutes after writing, then got up to hike some more. I was going to head to another spot, I wasn't sure exactly where at that moment, but I still had time set aside to be in the woods, and I was eager to hear more from God. I did hear more, but it wasn't what I was expecting....


Fight the lion, 1 Peter 5.1-11

TO GOD ALONE BE THE GLORY!