Strong Enough

This is the tattoo I want to get. I’ve always wanted to get a lion but didn’t know what kind or how I wanted him to look and I found this and this is it.

Known as regal beasts, it’s comes to no surprise that symbolic meaning of lions deals with:

• Strength
• Nobility
• Determination
• Intensity
• Courage
• Conquest
• Pride
• Protection
• Authority

However, many are unfamiliar with the symbolic meaning of lions dealing with resurrection and conversion.  This meaning comes from the observation of newborn lion pups.  Newborn lions were once believed to be born dead, and only came alive when the father passed its breath upon the pup.  This was symbolic in Christian tradition as the father lion represented the Christ and his essence (breath) flowing into the children of the earth awakened their spirits to the light of God.

But this is what the LORD has told me: “When a strong young lion stands growling over a sheep it has killed, it is not frightened by the shouts and noise of a whole crowd of shepherds. In the same way, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will come down and fight on Mount Zion. —- Isaiah 31:4

I know my God is with me. I will not fear what people shout at me or threaten me with. I will not be scared of the things that are thrown at me because I know the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will be right there to fight all of my battles with me. And that fact accompanied by the characteristics listed above that I aspire to have is the reason I want to have a lion tatoo.

The color choice is also symbolic to me. He is all black and white except for his blue eyes. I’m colorblind and I have deep blue eyes so it only fits.

I also really want to figure out some way to incorporate the verse reference into it. I think it would be really, really cool. I’m hoping to get it done within the next year.

What do you guys think?