My Anchor Holds

Winfred and Verna Watson
my beloved parents, 1980s

"...Therefore, we who have fled to Him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us. This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain into God's inner sanctuary. Jesus has already gone in there before us. He has become our eternal High Priest in the order of Melchizedek." (Hebrews 6:18-20 NLT)

Someone I dearly love is caught in a fierce life storm. When I texted, "I love you and am praying for you." He replied, "My anchor holds."

Lawrence Chewning and Ray Boltz wrote:

The anchor holds

Though the ship is battered

The anchor holds

Though the sails are torn

I have fallen on my knees

As I faced the raging sea

The anchor holds

In spite of the storm

I have been young

But I am older now

And there has been beauty

These eyes have seen

But it was in the night

Through the storms of life

Oh, that's where God proved

His love to me

...The anchor holds

In spite of the storm

O beloved, is typhoon trouble raging against you? Cling to Jesus, the Anchor that holds in spite of the storm.

"O afflicted one, storm-tossed, and not comforted. Behold, I will set your stones in antimony, and your foundations I will lay in sapphires...No weapon formed against you will prosper; and every tongue that accuses you in judgment you will condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD..." (Isa. 54:11,17 NASB)