February 14, 2021: An Anchor for the Soul

Trial, difficulty, pain, and disappointment will visit us; it is not “if” only “when” this happens. These troubled seasons are revealing in many ways, for they expose what is within our heads and hearts. They reveal to us what our anchor is in the midst of troubled waters. Because we all have an anchor - it may not always be conscious, but we do. So, the question is not whether we will have an anchor, rather what will our anchor be? This is an important question as research shows that those who have hope as an anchor fair better in difficult seasons.

For some the anchor may be anxiety, for others the anchor may be unforgiveness - when we recognize any anchors such as these, ones that do harm to others or us, we must cut the rope holding us to anchor. This gives us an opportunity to bring intention to our lives and choose hope as our anchor. Only then are we able to learn how this can serve us in difficult seasons. How even in the midst of the unspeakable times, we can still practice hope.