When an ai programme tried to write about this design it only mentioned he Lion of Judah and the idea that this design reflects courage. Nothing wrong with that but there is more to this design that than.
This lion is not domesticated
I heard a speaker say how much she dislikes representations of lions that are domesticated. Hardly surpising when you realise a lion is a wild animal. She appreciated lions that are obviously wild.
I looked at the image of the lion on my website and he was domesticated. Quite passive not quite smiling but he looked happy. I showed him to someone else and realised I needed a new image of a lion.
The lion on these garments id definitely not domesticated. He is roaring and you can see the flash of anger in his eyes.
Why I needed a lion?
One day I was in church and I said Jesus were where you when my no ex-husband was shouting at me. There were times when I faced a barrage of scary and unkind words.
Much to my surprise I heard a voice in my thoughts say I was there roaring at him. What I was not facing those torrents of unkindness alone? The lion of Judah was standing there keeping me safe. That was interesting.
My next question was if you were in the room where was I? This was even more shocking. Child you were safely wrapped up in my mane. I then got such a sense of being in a soft warm place, almost as if I could feel the hairy mane of a lion.
Those were scary and tough times. Sometimes I felt as if my ex-husband took a branch of his tree of bittereness and beat me with it. So battered and bruised that I needed a touch from God to heal my wounds.
I love my lions or at least thw sweatshirts and T shirts with lions on them because they remind me that I am loved and I am protected by God