“Hope anchors the soul” Hebrews 6:19. God uses the example of an anchor as a promise that He is “sure and steadfast” for you and for me. The symbol of the anchor became especially meaningful to me in December 2014. My Dad had told me he was diagnosed with cancer. While Christmas shopping that year, I spotted a journal with an anchor on the cover. Underneath the anchor, it said, "Hope Anchors the soul." Hebrews 6:19 I wasn’t looking for a journal. This journal found me. Immediately I Continue Reading
Delight in the Lord
I was reading Psalm 37 this morning, parked on verse 4 for several minutes. “Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.” I looked up DELIGHT in the dictionary. It means something that gives great pleasure - extreme satisfaction. We had the desire to have a child (years ago). Did we delight in the Lord then? I thought we were. Why did we not receive the desire of our heart? I have more questions than answers about life, God, Bible Truths, Continue Reading
Getting our Hopes Up
Has anyone ever said to you, “Don’t get your hopes up?” We get our hopes up about getting that job or losing some weight. We put our hope in people, our health, and our finances. These are all good things to have hope in. It's when we don’t get that job or whatever we hoped for that we can be discouraged and disappointed. Not getting our hopes up helps to protect us from disappointment. On the other hand, have you ever had your hopes up about something, received it and found out it’s not Continue Reading