Serenity Saint March 24, 2023

ANCHOR

"We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain," - Hebrews 6:19 (NIV)

Anchor... the definition of this word means " a heavy object attached to a rope or chain used to moor a vessel to the sea bottom." For me personally it has a completely different meaning. When I was lost in my addiction I always had this feeling of just drifting through the day. Wasn't happy and yet wasn't beyond depressed, it was more of like a blah, numbing feeling, ya know. My thought process was accepting the fact that this is what my life was. Alive but not fully living. Going through the day doing the same thing I did yesterday. Drifting by , going from here to there and back home. I never felt like anything I ever did was significant enough to matter to anyone. Nothing good at least.

Have you ever wondered what your purpose in life was/is? I know I did. In those days I didn't come up with any sound reason as to what my purpose in life was. I was just getting through the day not helping anyone, not even myself. Since I'm being honest, I still don't know what my purpose is. I DO know this much - my purpose was not a life full of drugs and emptiness.

Now that I have Jesus Christ in my life, I don't feel like im just drifting through life anymore. I am truly, genuinely happy because I have someone who anchors not only me from drifting, but anchors my soul from drifting . I know that in my addiction it was my soul that needed to be anchored. Jesus keeps me safe in the storm.

I want to share something with you that my Momma would tell me when I was a kid. She would say " Mija, do you know how much Jesus loves you? " I would look up at her and say "I think." She'd smile at me and then read a paper she carried with her. It said:

"I asked Jesus,

'How much do you love me?'

'This much', He answered.

Then He stretched out

His arms and died."

The Lord is my anchor, He loves us so much. I know that you might think just because you've been in your addiction for so long wandering in the wilderness that there is no other life for you. Friend, that is simply not true if you will allow him to make a new creature out of you.

Let Jesus be the anchor that steadies your ship when life's seas get rough.