Because lions normally hunt these antelope, they assumed the lion would kill and eat the baby. On Christmas Day of 2001, game wardens at the Samburu National Park in Kenya watched as an adult lioness frightened off an oryx antelope mother, and picked up her baby calf in its mouth. It’s a remarkable story of the love of one animal for another, and it seems to personify the truth that not all natural enemies are exactly that-natural and unavoidable enemies. In the King James version, it’s the wolf that dwells with the lamb, and it’s a leopard that lies down with a kid, and “the calf and the young lion and the fatling together.” (Isaiah 11:6) But in today’s world, there really is a lion that lies down with a calf…in fact, she adopted and nurtured a total of five antelope calves. They wanted to hear more.Īlthough the phrase of “the lion shall lie down with the lamb” is one of the more popular quotes from the Bible, it’s really misquoted. I then told them, but God promised that once again there will be peace across the land & that there is a great story right now in this day and time of a Lioness who has a heart of peace and love. ![]() ![]() I shared how the earth shook and everything changed once Adam and Eve took of the forbidden fruit. There was a perfect peace that filled the land. The lions laid down with the lambs, everything grew in beauty and light. I told them how at the beginning of time there was a beautiful garden and everything lived in peace. ![]() Do you want to hear it?” These five little faces were set on my every word. Jamison, 6 said, “Is it real?” I said, “no, but it does have a real story. The children gathered round and watched the lion breathe in and out. I gave my daughter a stuffed lion that breathes (Perfect Petzz Lion) & shared with her the story of the lamb and the lion. I had the sweetest moment yesterday as I sat with my daughter (Kate, who is 10) and a few of her cousins who are under the age of 8.
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