“You know what I just learned? Mountain Lions actually take a leap of faith in love”. They do? “Yeah. When a male finds a female, he is attracted to he jumps in front of her stopping her in her tracks, and then he climbs to the highest peak he can find and starts howling and professing his love for her.” Wow! “Yeah. If she joins him at the top of the mountain they’ll be together for life. It’s so very romantic.” This is an excerpt from the Hallmark Channel movie “The Nine Lives of Christmas.” – Book of Proverbs – Proverbs For The Modern Day – Mountain Lions. Check out my website
The cougar (Puma concolor), also commonly known as the mountain lion, puma, panther, or catamount, is a large felid of the subfamily Felinae native to the Americas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cougar- Book of Proverbs – Proverbs For The Modern Day – Mountain Lions.
Although the mountain lion may have more names and nicknames than any other animal, the following are not names for lions and represent completely different species: bobcat, lynx, ocelot, jaguar, leopard, cheetah, Asiatic lion, African lion, and tiger. Many people have heard the term “black panther,” but these are actually melanistic jaguars or leopards: a genetic trait that makes an individual cat’s fur appear much darker than the usual coloration. To date, there has never been a confirmed case of a melanistic (black) mountain lion. – http://mountainlion.org/FAQfrequentlyaskedquestions.asp Book of Proverbs – Proverbs For The Modern Day – Mountain Lions.
God and mountain lions have a lot in common. They both are called by many different names. The names of God are Adonai-Jehovah, El-Elyon, El-Olam, El-Shaddai, Jehovah-Elohim, Jehovah-Jireh, Jehovah-Nissi, Jehovah-Ropheka, Jehovah-Shalom, Jehovah-Tsidkenu, Jehovah-Mekaddishkem, Jehovah-Sabaoth, Jehovah-Shammah, Jehovah-Rohi, Jehovah-Hoseenu, and Jehovah-Eloheenu. Book of Proverbs – Proverbs For The Modern Day – Mountain Lions. Check out my website
Common names for the American Mountain lion include mountain lion, cougar, panther, puma, painter, el leon, and catamount.
In the first passage, we talked about how mountain lions profess their love. It is so profound. What about the way in which God professes his love for us? – Book of Proverbs – Proverbs For The Modern Day – Mountain Lions.
Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations. Deuteronomy 7:9
But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, long-suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. – Psalm 86:15
The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. – Zephaniah 3:17
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. – Romans 5:8
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:37-39
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, by grace ye are saved. Ephesians 2:4-5
In this, the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 1 John 4:9-11
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
So why are mountain lions such beautiful powerful animals, because they portray and emanate the greatest gift that God ever gave…. LOVE. – Book of Proverbs – Proverbs For The Modern Day – Mountain Lions. Check out my website
