A dear friend from high school sent this excerpt today from Portals of Prayer by Julie Riddle. Thank you, Kim, for your continued friendship and sisterhood in Christ. What a blessing this imagery was for me to picture. Praise God for being our steadfast anchor.
"We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure." Hebrews 6:19
"On a recent tour of a docked freighter, I learned how a ship stays in one place on the water. A massive chain attached to a giant wheel led across the deck to an opening in the floor, through which we could see dimly in the darkness, the shadowy outline of an enormous anchor. I couldn't help but feel awed by the quiet giant. Aware of its weight, I felt tiny in comparison. I pictured the anchor being dropped into the water, racing downward until it hit the river bottom with a solid thud. With something so big, so imposing, holding it in place, surely the boat could not be moved.
Life bumps and shifts us. Sometimes the waters get agitated and storms come. We are shaken by doubt and jostled by despair, and sometimes we are frightened. But we have a sure anchor, the cross of Christ. The cross of Christ is heavy, solid and strong. Though we are bumped about, we cannot be moved. The promise of eternal salvation through Christ, firmly attached to us by grace through the work of the Holy Spirit, holds us in place, keeping us steadfast and faithful, anchoring us securely to the heart of God."
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