Short dream, would love thoughts , prayers for interpretation
In this dream, I had a lion on a leash, or rope. There was a large tree stump with branches, that I walked toward, tying the lion up to the stump.
I had a sense that this was for the purpose of teaching a lesson.
Is there a topic or group you'd been praying over back in Jan-February?
Trees in dreams often seem to represent people we look up to. Trees shelter from storms, house birds and squirrels, feed with nuts and fruit, give medicinal sap/resins.
In your dream, the tree had been cut down, but continued to grow.
Lions are patient hunters, quiet and stealthy. They look for the weak animal in a herd and single it out, attack to kill for food. (Contrast cartoon Tasmanian devil that whirs through everything to destroy.)
Most people and animals know to avoid and respect lions' potential to kill. You had it on a leash, fearlessly walking it, tethering it.
Was the lesson for the lion, or the tree, or people hearing the dream?
There are political situations where I've heard rumors that opponents are currently tethered, and a cut-off tree continues to grow and stand firmly rooted.
Which is why I wonder if you'd been praying over specifics.