There are no problems only opportunities ~Dennis~

The level of intimacy you have with the Father is the level of struggle you can walk through in the world

He has a sheep in one hand but a sword in the other he can battle but still make the sheep feel safe and ok

Heal the sick raise the dead cleanse the lepers drive out demons ya ya

I thank you that we always win through you

We are blessed and highly favoured because of who you have made us to be

Thank you for an understanding of who you have created us to be and the mission that you have for us here on this earth

Matthew 6:19 For where your treasure is there will your heart be also

Treasure can be all kind of things

I only live to please him (Christ) so what other people think it doesn’t matter

Where are you going? ~ How are you going to get there?

Genesis 37 Joseph knew he was called to greatness

When your super excited about what God has told you share it with other people who agree with you

After Joseph was sold into slavery this seemed like the farthest he could be from his destiny

Joseph could have been a downer for the rest of his life

But then the lord blessed him

Then Potiphars wife tried to sleep with him he refused

Was thrown into Prison and again pushed form his destiny again

He operated through integrity and then he was put in charge of the Jail

Joseph interpreted the Baker and wine taster dreams (A man of destiny often has insight into others) when you realize you are a man of destiny you have insight into other peoples destinies as well. He asked them when they got out to tell pharaoh about him.

How did Joseph handle disappointment and promotion

How Joseph handled both of these determined how his destiny came about he walked in integrity and character while serving the lord

We have to know our dreams and where we are going our dreams have to be so big no matter where we go everything that come before us has to serve our dream

There are no problems only opportunities ~Dennis~

Don’t let disappointment to rule your life don’t react to life Respond to it. You are in control of your destiny not your circumstances

When you take situation personally you operate out of flesh instead of out your spirit out of your identity out of who you are and situation have to bow to you.

My friendship isn’t based out of what he has done he’s a jerk whatever my friendship is based out of him being made in the image of God just like me.

If you have a core value of no situation is ever to big or I already have already victory over every situation then you’ll be fine

I will never face anything in my life that will not push me closer to my destiny

We abort our dreams sometimes over the fact that we feel uncomfortable in certain situations when in fact the situation we are in is something that is put in front of us to put us closer to our destinies.

Mark 6 Jesus was a leader. Jesus intended to pass them by when they were straining at the oars Why?

He had already given them the tools to overcome the storm. Jesus has already given us the tools to help us walk through the storms in ours lives.

They had been focusing on the storm instead of focusing on the fact that Jesus had commanded them to go to the other side.

Jesus is like lets go change the world!

He just figures that we are going to do it. He plans on us winning all the time.

Measure of a man is not what he can do but the storms he can overcome through integrity and stay steadfast

What ever you place your value on is what you will spend your time looking at thinking about and turning your affections towards

Matthew 10:41 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.

What value you place on any situation increases the ability for however much value you have on something is the ability is has to change your life

Value equals influence

What ever you believe has the greatest ability to affect you. You will place a value on that thing

Most Christians believe situation around them can affect them more then God

What you spend your most time thinking about will have the most ability to affect you

The instant you place value on a situation it has the power to influence

Don’t be ignorant of the situation in your life but know that God has the power to help you overcome it

If you know to Worry you know how to meditate

Genesis 30:31 You re-produce what you are looking at what

You do not become what you want to become if you are focusing on something else

You become what you are constantly aware of

We know we are the sons and daughter of God

Start to spend time dreaming with God listening to his voice for you

What am I doing and running for in my life?

Get that so engrained in who you are!

Look at the aspects you need to achieve your goals and focus on that and start to train yourself to fill yourself with light so you become explosive with light it’s the only thing inside of you

You can only expel what lies inside of you if its not in there you can give it out. If you focus all the time on negativity you won’t be able to give out positive stuff you only put out what come in. If sewage comes in then you can’t expel water.

What does this look like in your life? how do you approach difficulties to see every situation as an opportunity. How can you in the next couple weeks and Months allow only light and life into your life

That’s my King Part II

I stood to my feet once again and had almost completely forgotten what had gone on during the night and where I was headed. Then I remember the predicament I was in. I was on my way home, and there was a wolf on the hunt for me. The air suddenly was split again by a wolfs howl, and then five or six more howls responded. Correction make that there were wolves on the hunt for me. I also didn’t really know where I was but I knew I had to get home. So I began to walk. The grass was long, almost too long it rose to just above my hips. Perfect, I was a sitting duck easy enough prey for even the wimpiest of wolves but I knew that these were no ordinary wolves. They were on a mission. Chills swept thought my skin I began to feel nauseous, but then I heard the lions voice in my head again “I will be with you“.

Off to my right there was a sudden rustle in the grass a head poked out of the top and turned my way I froze. Those same red beady eyes I had seen before now stared at me again. “I will be with you” I heard the voice again so this time I took a step to wards the wolf. For a second the eyes blinked as if confused wondering why such a weakling like me was headed straight towards him. But I was walking on a promise, a promise that a lion was right behind me overshadowing me, watching over me. The wolf took a step towards me he was about 60 ft away. I took another step he opened his mouth and snarled and then I did something that seemed natural but felt rather odd. I growled at him. I was as surprised as he was and then I did something that felt even stupider. I began to run towards him not jogging but sprinting. The wolf began to run as well the distance was closing fast 40ft.. 30ft.. 20ft… the wolf lunged and I ducked and as I did I hear the sound of two objects hitting in the air. The sound of bones crunching above my head was like a sonic boom. My ears reverberated as the echoes of the sound filled my mind I turned back behind me to see the after math of the collision and what I saw shocked me. All I could make out in the moonlight was pieces of a dismembered wolf, a little bit of blood reflected the moonlight but besides that there wasn’t much left.

I turned quickly as my ears alerted me to another sound ,a rustle in the grass and now two more beady red eyes stared at me. They were joined by a second pair, and then also third. Three wolves about 30 ft away slowly closed in on me. But once again the lion showed up. A claw appeared of the grass grabbed one of the wolves by the back paw and pulled him onto the grass, a fierce growl was heard a yelp and then that sickening crunch of bones. The wolves spun and turned around to find one of their companions missing and then from their now backside a blurry object smashed into the one on the left and it somersaulted into the grass. The one on the right had just enough time to turn its head once again but not before a huge paw batted him right in the face and threw him through the air. It was kinda funny to see the wolf spinning through the air as his dark fleshy hair caught the rays of the moon. I heard a loud thump from the place where I had seen the wolf disappear into the grass. I turned to thank the lion be he was nowhere insight. As adrenaline coursed through my veins something filled me, I couldn’t explain it if I tried but it was like my ten percent battery power had been filled up to 100% I started to shake but now I felt fearless. I had seen such a display of raw and incredible power that I decided I was just going to run home and nothing would stop me.

I took off running my feet kicking up clouds of dirt, and breaking the tall grass as I ploughed through it. I caught a glimpse of red eyes running right beside me but then they disappeared accompanied by a yelp. I looked up ahead another wolf was running to wards me and as he lunged at me the world seemed to slow down and go into slo mow. His claws outreached he teeth bared he came at me like a steam train. I ducked and rolled trying to impersonate what I had seen the martial art guys do on TV and to my surprise I executed the move perfectly. The wolf caught nothing as his jaws snapped at the thin air but he did get face full of dirt as he hit the ground. I heard a yelp again and this time I looked back and saw the lion with the wolf clamped in between its mouth the life completely gone out of the creature. The lion tossed the wolf over its shoulder effortlessly and disappeared into the bushes.

I took off running again the grass sped by my lungs gasped in air, my face caught wind and then I hit a cloud of bugs. The tiny bugs plastered themselves over my face and I cleared my throat and spit as they had filled my mouth. I kept going I don’t know how long I ran for but I seemed like quite a while when ever a wolf appeared as long as I kept going and didn’t stop I was greeted with the sound of a yelp and the wolf disappeared. I was actually beginning to feel comfortable even with all of the wolves around me chasing me but then I caught sight of the biggest eyes I had seen yet. The dark eyes of this wolf were sickening compared to the other ones I had seen. I thought back to the first wolf I had encountered, the one who had brought me down, the one I had met before the lion and felt like this was the clone of him, the same stench, then same yellow teeth and the same blood red eyes. As I stared at this wolf I realized I was still running and then I burst through the grass tripped and fell onto the path that I had been on earlier.

The black wolf didn’t share in the same fate as I did he kept his footing and jumped over the edge of the grass that lined the pathway and landed softly on the dark worn dirt path. However he kept his distance and paced back and forth in front of me blocking my way home. His shoulders went up and down as he breathed deeply as if he had ran long and hard. I realized that I was breathing rather regularly and thought this strange knowing the distance I had just recently covered. The wolf growled again the stench was getting stronger. Then my eyes fell upon his shoulder where a dark bloodstained tear in his fleshed oozed black pussy blood. It dribbled down on his fur and onto the ground. This seeping wound seemed as if it was leaking evil the ground where the blood had landed steamed as if it was burning into the ground. He snarled again bared his fangs and then took a step forward. As he did I felt a wave a darkness hit me it was like this wolf was more then just a evil creature but the very essence of darkness itself. The very force of death, and disease, and fear. He took one more step forward and as he did he spoke. His voice was so raspy and so deep it was like knives were cutting his throat as he spoke, his words sent chills through my body.

“Your done, finished, its just you and me now, come to me and let me feast upon your flesh” surprised at my own boldness I answered my voice still a little shaky

“You wont get a taste of me, for you were defeated once I have seen and witnessed the lions power and nothing you do is going to stop him”

“Your king isn’t here now human” the voice rasped again “im going to rip you limb from limb and lap your blood from the ground upon which you now stand” I took a step foreword this time as I spoke I pointed at him.

“I have been given power over you, I trust in the lion in the great I Am and nothing you do is going to stop me you have no power here and it is time for your power to end right here right now.” The wolf growled even roared if that is possible and a wave of darkness shot towards me. It pulsated and floated towards me its wispy, smoke like fingers reached towards me trying to take me and claim me as its own. I kept waiting for the lion to come to take the wolf out to take him down, but the lion didn’t show. Could I really fight him? was this it? had the lion finally left me? would he come and fight for me the one he claimed and called son?

I thought back to first wolf I had encountered and how I had growled at him and how he seemed to be taken off guard. I thought back to what I said to the lion in the cave when he asked me if I would go back home my mind replayed the scene. “ille do it, ille go back home and face the darkness, the wolves outside, ille take them on with you at my back” So I thought of the growl I had growled I thought of the lion and his big brown eyes, I thought of how he had taken out all of my pursuers all but this one, this darkness that now stood before.

I studied myself, centred my feet about shoulder width apart, I clenched my fists drew in a deep breath, and yelled. However it was not a yell that I heard come from my lips but a roar, a roar as if I had a lion raging on the inside of me. But I also know that my roar had not been the only roar but another roar joined in with mine and burst in though the darkness. What happened next I would like to explain to you from all three perspectives the wolves sight the lions thoughts and my feelings. I don’t know how I got to see, feel and hear all of this but I felt what each one was feeling and I got to see it through their eyes and then I understood

The Wolf: Imagine if you can a cloud of darkness a cloud you just sent out towards that pathetic little human. You see him clench his fist and take a deep breath and then yell. Although his yell terrifies you its nothing compared to what you hear next. You hear a mighty roar from the mouth of the Great I Am. The roar of the Lion that sealed your fate years ago. The roar of the Lion who lives inside of the pathetic human who you now see as a great and mighty warrior. You take a step back surprised at this turn of events. You feel your tail tuck in between your legs like a sick dog scared and helpless. Even though you try and show courage your heart sinks cause you know you are defeated. Next imagine looking at your dark cloud that you have sent out towards the human and you see a little light in the middle of it and it begins to grow steadily. I grows and gets bigger and bigger as you stare through the light at the child in front of you, you see him become transparent and although you find it hard to explain he somehow he becomes spirit and as he does you see a great lion almost pass through the boy. The lion is in the air. Halfway through his lunge, halfway before he reaches you and now right in front of your now pathetic little cloud. A Wave of light almost like a force shield surrounds the lion, and as the lion hits your little cloud there is an explosion of light and your cloud solidifies and then bursts into thousands of tiny pieces no more then chaff in the wind. The lion has now passed through your cloud and is almost upon you. His jaws are agape and his mouth I stretched to the max. His giant white teeth spell death to you and your kingdom, his eyes are not brown but yellow, yellow like a ever burning flame full of hatred but full of love something you never understood. His paws are reaching out to you and his longs claws extend towards you aimed at your throat he is going for the kill. The light blinds you as you look at his eyes once again you can no longer stand on your feet. You feel you knees buckle and you fall weakly to the ground. And then it is over. You feel a mighty claw tear through your jugular. You feel life leaving you, and you feel chunks of your flesh being torn off your body. This is what has been due to you. You have deceived and lied to the Great I Am’s children for far to long and judgment day has come. Your kingdom has ended and the humans are taking over alongside their King.

My View: As I roared I felt lighter almost as if I had left my body. The roar of the lion still shook the very particles of my being the very walls of my heart. Light glimmered in every retrospect that could be formulated out of thought, perceived by the mind, or imagined by the heart. I felt overwhelmed yet embraced in a peace that didn’t seem possible. And then I saw the lion his claws appeared first and that’s when I realized he was going through me. His claws extended towards the wolf who just moments ago seemed so powerful but in this dimension of life he seemed like the most minute of details. I felt the lions head go through me and as he passed through me my mind was filled with libraries of information, countless thoughts of love, and passion, and joy for me. Then his torso went through me I felt strength like I could move a mountain strength that wasn’t possible for any many to posses , then his legs and tail fallowed. I saw him collide with the blackness and as the two powers fought to co exist the light expended the darkness. Millions of pieces of the blackness seemed to fly everywhere like a pane of glass that has just be blown up with a stick of C-4. The lion passed through this darkness and his light took over. Stretching and reaching towards the wolf and his existence of death. The light moved in waves, it bounced, and spun, twirled, and danced as it dripped with power of the majestic one. Then the lion hit the wolf and struck a lethal blow. The entire left side of the wolfs throat disappeared in a heartbeat and then he slumped to the ground either dead or unconscious to the world around him.

The Lion: Look at my child, look how brave he is, he trusts me look at him taking a stand against the wolf of deception, the wolf of lies. Look at my creation, he is perfect, nothing could ever separate me from him especially the powers of darkness. Look at him breathe, hear his roar. It makes my heart jump when I see him take a stand. Time to intervene. He loves me so much, I can hear it in his voice, see it in his eyes, feel it in his heart. His heart and mine are one never skipping a beat. Only combined like two lost lovers unaware of the world around them. I have saved him, he is mine, I will fight for him as he fights for me. Look at the darkness so pitiful, so powerless, experience the light the power of its radiance. Look at how the darkness cannot stand up to even the smallest flash of light. If its only a flicker of light the darkness is gone for that moment, for that time, for that instance, for that heartbeat. Look at that wolf so weak so helpless, I will take him down but not take him out for that is the job of my creation to destroy the one who tried to be like me. So I made some in the image of me to destroy the one who wished to be me. Jugular, he deserves far worse punishment then this. However, letting my son take him out will be worth it for me.

When the light died down and all was calm I saw the lion standing over the wolf I ran to the lion and embraced him I wrapped myself in his mane and lost myself in those dark brown eyes.

“I knew you would be there I just knew it, I love you so much”

“I have one last thing to ask of you” the lion said “You need to finish the job that I completed” I looked down at the wolf who lay helpless on the ground. Blood soaked the ground where he lay. I looked at the lion and then back to the wolf. The wolf was breathing heavily his rasps of breath barely kept him alive. I took a step foreword and put my foot on his neck and pressed down cutting off what was left of his respiratory system. By now the brain would be losing oxygen motor systems would be shutting down it would soon be over. I kept my foot on his neck and applied even more pressure and with a wheeze the last breath left the wolfs body. The lion look down at the wolf and said in a deep voice

“He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel” I thought back to when the wolf had ripped my calf and thought it interesting that the leg that the wolf injured dealt the final blow. The lion turned to me and said

“I think it is time for you to finally go home, I will accompany you the rest of the way” I put my hand into his thick mane and grabbed onto a bit of it and said

“I would like that very much”

It was an interesting pair that walked the worn dirt road on the path to Travis’ house. The large lion swayed back and forth and Travis had to almost jog to keep up with the lions giant stride. As they rounded the corner of the dirt path the little wood hut came into view. The crickets chirped, and birds tweeted a soft tune in the air. The reds, and oranges of the sunrise cast a warm pleasant glow onto the small clearing. Travis walked forward with his hand still swallowed up by the giant mane. But almost fell over when he was met with a sudden stop. He turned and the lion was standing still

“This is where I leave once again” the lion said

“But I don’t want you to go” Travis responded

“I must, life continues on but remember I will always be with you” the lion smiled and then a soft wind began to blow and then lion started to glow so bright was the light Travis closed his eyes and then when he opened them the lion was gone all that was left was the little wooden hut and the warm sun coming onto his face. The lions last words echoed in Travis’ mind “I will always be with you.” With that Travis Smiled and turned, opened the door to his hut and lay down on his bed it was going to be a great sleep it had been a long night.

Beep… Beep… Beep. Out of compulsion, and repetition I hit the snooze button on my alarm then I swung my legs over my bed wiped the sleep from my eyes and stood to my feet. It was time for another normal day, or was it. Normal would never be the same again!

That’s my King Part I

I sat against the hard rock in the blackness my back rested uncomfortably against the cave wall. My feet were blistered and bleeding. I could hardly remember the details of my flight. On minute I had been walking through the long golden field and the next I was running for my life. I don’t know what had caused me to flee but I felt an evil chasing me. I heard a snap of a twig and a fear filled my heart and I took of running.

It had been dusk when I left my hut. The sun was setting over the rolling hills of oceans of long grass and grain. My intentions had been to just climb the hill and watch the sunset. The hues of the orange, and pink and even some green greeted my eyes with a brightness that left me feeling filled with peace. Oh how glorious and great the master artist was how awesome were his strokes of pure colors. The sun gently fell between two hills almost centered perfectly as if it had been stretched and painted onto a canvas. I had finished watching the sun go down and as the first star appeared in the greenish blue sky I headed back home. The brisk air, and cool breeze were welcome as the hot day had left my body hot, and sticky from perspiration. I hummed a gentle tune as I continued walking down the old worn path. This was a familiar journey one I made quite often.

About halfway home a dark cloud passed in front of the moon, the stars were blotted out and a blackness encased my night. The path was familiar so I didn't need a light however the stillness, and aloneness of the night make my skin tingle. I heard a twig snap behind me. The sudden interruption of my rather quiet night caused me to jump and I turned around as quickly as my body would allow. I stood still in the night my heart thumped against my chest I swallowed nervously and waited. Nothing… I turned around and began walking again. The wind picked up a bit and blew through the grass. It hissed as the grain rubbed back and forth on each other. I felt like I was not alone but all I could do was keep walking. I had heard of dangerous animals that lived in these parts but I had never encountered anything before so I never felt the need to take any weapons with me. I thought of all the stories I had heard as a kid. Of the wolves, and the lions, and hyenas that roamed the area. The stories of farmers being snatched away from their fields or the shepherd taken from their flocks. The children being taken as they walked to the well and as I searched through and processed my thoughts my mind began to get the better of me. What would happen if I met a creature, I wasn't armed what could I do, would it kill me. But my thoughts were interrupted by what I had been fearing.

My breath was taken from me, I couldn't even feel my heart beating, my pulse quickened though that I was sure of and my blood froze. There in front of me were two beady eyes the reddest eyes that I had ever seen. This creature was the stuff nightmares were made of. It was like I was looking into the face of hell.

It stepped closer and snarled. Its hot breathe forced clouds of moisture to be seen in the air I tried to move but couldn't. At that moment the moon came out again and then my eyes saw what I didn’t even think was possible. There in front of me stood the biggest wolf I had ever seen in my life. Its fur was pure black darker then midnight so dark it even put to shame the darkness around me. It was huge!. Its shoulders must have sat almost 6 feet tall and its long slender body coursed with thick muscles. There was going to be no chance for me. It opened its mouth and its yellow teeth stained with its meal from early morning stood out like daggers. Its red tongue hung out from his mouth and he licked his wicked lips. He snarled this time and I smelt its breathe, my stomach turned inside out and my body felt violated from the stench. Like sulphur its smell crept into my nose and clung to the inside filling my mind and thoughts with its evil. It felt like death so dark and fierce was this beast.

I turned and ran I knew there was no hope in me escaping but I had to at least try. The rocky outcropping to my right was my best option if I could get there maybe I could find a cave and get back far enough where he couldn't reach me. A second hadn't even passed before the wolf jumped and snarled and swung at my feet barley missing by an inch. He dug his claws into the ground and ripped up a chunk of grass almost symbolizing what was going to happen to my body. His back legs pushed hard and his muscles strained and as his claws dug into the ground the chase began. I had gone about 10 feet when I felt his hot breath on my neck and then pain. More pain then I had ever experienced before shot through my leg. His long yellow claws ripped though my skin and flesh like a dull dagger cutting through meat and as his claws dragged down my calf infection was almost immediate. I fell hard to the ground and my face hit the dirt. I turned onto my back and he stood over me. He opened his mouth and saliva dripped from his mouth and landed on my chest. This was it, I was a goner.

I closed my eyes and as I did I heard the soft patter of another set of paws hit the ground. They were quiet at first but then they suddenly grew louder. I opened my eyes and saw that the wolf had heard them too. His ears were up and he was scanning the area around us. For a second I thought he had forgotten me but then he looked down again. I stared into he eyes and felt chills go down my spine but it sure wasn't from the cold. He raised his right paw and his claws gleamed in the moonlight and just as he was about to strike another large shadow collided into him and sent him flying. The beast that now fought the wolf was large about the size of a half grown elephant. But It moved so quickly I could not tell what it was. Snarls and growls filled the air, dust was churned up as the two animals fought back and forth. Every branch in the vicinity was shattered, no piece of grass stood straight as this fierce duel waged. Claws swung and fangs snapped as some attempts hit their targets. More growls then a yelp the sound of a heavy object slamming into the ground as one beast threw the other. The sounds of the battle began to fade from my ears. Then blackness overtook me my last thought before passing out from the pain was which animal was going to have a meal out of me.

Now I was in a cave the events from earlier blurry in my memory. I had no Idea how I had gotten here and why I was now sitting. I reach down to my calf and felt my skin, no trace of a scar not even any blood. I was confused I tried to remember what had happened but the events escaped my mind. I couldn’t remember anything. A howl broke the silence of my thoughts, and it was in turn answered by many others. My mind raced there could not be more of the wolves I wouldn’t stand a chance. One already proved to be way more then any one man could even dare to stand up to. I stood and stretched I braced myself for pain but my body felt fine. No pains, sores, or aches I was completely whole. I took a step forward and my foot stepped onto something that was definitely not rock. It was soft and as I lifted my foot I heard something move. I got down on my knees and felt in the blackness for what I had just stepped on. Nothing was there the only thing in my hand was dirt from the floor. I began to crawl forward on my knees and then I bumped my head on something. I put my hand up onto what had just hit my head and I froze. My hand rested on something very soft, something very warm, and something very alive.

The fur under my hand was smooth and soft, it almost resembled silk. It was course between the fingers and about a foot long. But for some reason I did not feel fear like I had when I had encountered the wolf. I felt strangely calm despite the circumstances that I was in a cave with an large animal and I had no idea what it was. It moved again and my hand slipped off of what ever was in the cave with me and fell onto the floor. I moved forward again in an attempt to grab what I had just previously felt, and then in the silence I heard something. It was a soft humming sound. I listened closer again and this time I realized what the noise was. It was the sound of something purring. Then I heard another sound that caught me completely off guard. A voice in a very gentle quiet, yet strong whisper

“Travis”

“Yes” I replied

“Do you know who I am?” the voice was strong yet calm

“No I don’t, who are you?”

“ I have been with you since you were born, I have watched every step you took, and watched you every time you fell down, I have seen your tears, and enjoyed watching you smile, I know your fears, your achievements, your weaknesses and you strengths I am the Great I Am” and with that a soft glow emanated from the bottom of the cave floor. The shape turned and as it did I saw who and what had been talking.

It was a great lion, instantly I realized that this was the shape that had saved me from the wolf. This was the creature that saved me from the darkness, this was the blur that had struck my pursuer down with a lethal blow. This was indeed the mighty the Great I Am. His mane flowed down to the ground gold and beautiful it was. It glimmered as some strands of the mane appeared to be gold thread. His eyes were a dark brown like the bark of an ancient oak tree. They were so deep and piercing I only held his gazed for a moment before I dropped my head. His jaw line however terrible and fierce it was, was set firmly in place held back in a very kingly manner. His red pink nose crowned the top of his mouth and long grey whiskers poked out in every which way. A big red tongue licked his dry lips and it was sucked back into a enormous mouth guarded by great white incisors. White hairs hung from the bottom of his jaw and this completed his facial features. His shoulders were almost touching the ceiling of the cave a great 10 feet tall. They were broad and sinewy tough from constant use. He was sitting on his butt and his white chest heaved as he breathe in and out. His back legs hunched beside his hips and his strong slender back arched beautifully. His great tail swept back and forth stirring up dust constantly moving like a pendulum in a clock, at the end of his tail was a great tuft of thick hair, perfect for completing the balance he needed when he ran, and jumped and climbed.

Again he spoke “I know the darkness that haunts you, and the wolf that tries to devourer you but I have something to ask of you” The lion turned towards me and stared at me with his big deep brown eyes. “The wolves are out there they will seek to devourer you, you must go back to your home but know this I will be with you every step of the way. Even though sometimes you will not see me you must trust that I will be right beside you. I am not asking you to do this alone but I am asking you to do it with a little faith knowing that I will watch over and protect you. Will you do this?”

I looked into his eyes so kind, so majestic, so peaceful. The light in the cave was growing now so brightly my eyes started to water. I held his gaze this time and asked

“Will you really be there, will you be right behind me cause sometimes it sure feels like you have left me to fend for myself!” My eyes started to water not only because of the light but from tears forming in my eyes. “Will you really be there like the light at the end of the tunnel?” His eyes penetrated into my body searching, looking, finding, seeking, longing, hoping, trusting these emotion flooded through me as his eyes penetrated to the deepest darkest and blackest parts of me. Then I felt something in my heart break. Like an egg smashed onto a floor light exploded inside of me and shot through all the darkness, all the doubts, all the worry and the fear. I would believe this lion, I would trust in his words, I would choose to have faith that he was right there behind me.

“There is one thing about your question that deeply disturbs me” the lion said “you asked if I would be the light at the end of the tunnel, this is a wrong question as not only am I the light at the end of the tunnel but I am also right beside you in the blackness, you only can’t see me because your eyes haven’t gotten accustomed to the darkness and I never want them to either you just have to believe that I am there”

“Why don’t you just show yourself in the darkness, why don’t you just become a light to guide us to the end?”

“If I did that there would be no reason for you to trust in me, no reason for you to hope for something greater, if I got you out of every mess, every tight spot you found yourself in you would never learn you would never grow. Just like the wolf who cut you in the night if you fall and are harmed I will make a way for you to escape, I will prepare a secret place where I will strengthen and nourish you. I give you the choice to keep running until you reach the light or stay still and be consumed by the blackness. Just know I Am and always will be there.”

“OK” I said “ ill do it, ill go back home and face the darkness, the wolves outside, ill take them on with you at my back” The lion laughed and the walls of the cave shuddered under the power in his voice.

“Good” He smiled “I would expect nothing less of the young man who now stands before me” He turned and crouched down low to the ground, the muscles in the back of his legs bulged under the full weight of his body, he growled and then jumped and with that he was gone.

The light from the cave began to fade so I took a few steps to wards where the lion had left and rounded the corner of the cave. As I saw the opening of the cave the light completely went out all I was left to look at was the dark sky speckled with a few stars at the mouth of the cave.

I stepped out of the cave the clouds had all left and a sliver of moon hung from the sky providing little light for me to see but still enough for me to make my way down the cliffside. It was indeed the outcrop of rocks that I had been headed for before the wolf had grabbed me and took me down. My feet slipped under the loose shale and I began to slide down the cliff. Out of the darkness a massive paw caught me and stopped my weight in a second and then was gone. I heard some shale clinker down to the bottom of the rocks as the lion moved away. I regained me footing and began to descend once again down the steep cliffside slowly and carefully inching my way to the bottom. Aaawwwwwooooooooo a wolfs cry pierced the night sky it was close, painfully close I cringed then remember the lions promise. “Not only will I be the light at the end of the tunnel but I will be in the blackness beside you the whole way“. The thought floated through my mind so I kept going focusing on the lion and his giant eyes, the eyes that knew the blue prints to my heart and soul. I grabbed a rock and suspended my weight and then reached my foot out onto a ledge. I pushed off the rock and then I was standing on what I thought was close to the bottom.

I looked over the edge and now the moon provided no help I couldn’t tell how far it was down to the ground below and the from out of no where the lion was there again. His hot breath fell upon my shoulder his brown eyes seem to glow in the darkness. The moon outline his silhouetted kingly form and the gold of his hair gleamed softly in the moonlight.

“What are you going to do now?” He asked in almost a playful tone

“I don’t know” I replied “I can’t see the bottom and I don’t even know how to get down, what do you think I should do?” I turned and look over my shoulder and the wind playfully tossed hair from his mane into my face. I brushed them off and he replied

“Sometimes the only thing one can do is take a leap of faith” I looked at him my eye brows wrinkled in puzzlement, did he actually expect me to jump off the side of a cliff, surely he meat figuratively and not literally, Although the very though of throwing myself off of a cliff side seemed strangely exhilarating.

“What do you want me to..” and that’s when I felt a slight push on my back, his head had nuzzled up against me and before I could say anything he said

“And sometimes on that leap of faith it requires a helping hand” and he pushed me forward. For a second I thought I had regained my balance I swung my arms in an attempt to move myself backwards but it was to no avail. I fell foreword and my heart leapt I was going to die. The wind blew upwards through my hair but gravity pulled me down, down towards the ground I must have fallen twenty feet but then. Whooomp! I landed in a pile of hay. I lay still in the pile breathing heavily, that kind of adrenaline rush can’t be good for you I thought as I stood. I slid down the side of the pile and landed softly on the ground in the long grass. I turned to look at the pile I had landed in and it looked like I had been prepared for me. That’s when I caught side of those big brown eyes right beside the haystack, but before I could do anything he sprinted to wards me and flew past me. As he flew by me a gust of wind hit me kinda like the draft of air you feel when a semi flies buy your small car at over 100 Km an hour. But this was no small draft the wind hit me square in the chest and knocked me over onto my back. I didn’t hurt when I fell but I was kinda begging to notice a pattern with this lion. He wasn’t the boring, serious type but loved to play around it reminded me of a little kid the way he bounded and moved everywhere.