In A Pit With A Lion On a Snowy Day--in March?

Don't know what the weather's like in "your neck of the woods," but here in western PA, we're digging out from another snow, after a brief bout with warm and sunny.  Anyway, the weather reminded me of a great book I've worked through over the past week--In A Pit With A Lion On A Snowy Day, by Mark Batterson.  Mark ranks up there with Bruce Wilkinson (the Prayer of Jabez) for being able to take an obscure biblical list, and finding a powerful reference with life-changing potential for those who latch onto it.  Mark's "find" is 2 Samuel 23:20-21, the record of Banaiah son of Jehoiada, who eventually became a bodyguard for King David, AND the commander of the entire Israeli army under King Solomon.  Why?  Because Benaiah took an uncommon risk--he went down into a pit -- CHASING -- a lion on a snowy day.  AND Benaiah won!  Talk about victory to the underdog!  Anyway, Batterson's book gives us seven characteristics of "lion-chasers," those who take uncommon risks because they know God is in them.  Mark writes well, makes solid points, and does all he can to unleash the lion-chaser within each of us. 

Visit Amazon.com or CBD or your local bookstore (although, I had to wait for a back order delivery from CBD, and my local bookstore had it on order) and get a copy.  The book's also linked on my "What I'm Reading List," and I guarantee you'll find it challenging and practical.  Let me know what you think of it once you've read it.  Let Mark know, too.  You can contact him at www.evotional.com.