Where do we need an anchor? The definition of an anchor is • a person or thing that provides stability or confidence in an otherwise uncertain situation. Maybe you need stability in your marriage. Or in your job with layoffs coming. Or confidence that you’ll get through the diagnosis. A crisis can shatter. Anxiety is not friendly. Uncertainty causes fear. What can we do to get through it? Maybe that’s the wrong question. Maybe we should ask, “where do I turn to get Continue Reading
What Does ‘Hope Anchors the Soul’ mean?
“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