The Lion Laid Down with the Lamb

Literally. Actually about a dozen of them.

A Lion sitting in peace with a lamb has been the symbol of peace for about 2000 years. Jesus said we would have peace ‘when the lion laid down with the lamb’.

I was flipping through the channels. Nothing was on. And I mean nothing. I mean I like mind-numbing saturday afternoon TV like the rest of America, but this was a particularly bad day.

And then I came across this show on Animal Planet. Called Heart of Lioness or something.

It showed this adult, female lion who had adopted a young, lost calf. Not EXACTLY a lamb, but close.

Close enough for the local African tribes people to come out in droves to see this miracle.

The most feared predator on the continent helping and nurturing a young calf.

Unheard of.

For weeks this went on. Neither of them eating. People showing up in buses and jeeps daily to gawk and photograph this anomoly of nature.

Or was it a sign of things to come? We will see. We can hope that peace is coming.

Of course, several weeks into the vigil, a big hungry male lion came lumbering in and ate the poor ‘lamb’ for a mid-morning snack.

The scientist involved with this strange phenomenon suggested that the lion had had a poor family life, and she was somehow making up for it by adopting this poor lamb.

An interesting story to say the least.