Blog : THE ANCHOR HOLDS

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6/9/2008 2:20 am

THE ANCHOR HOLDS

Oops. I hope I don't drive my neighbors cuckoo.
Well, more cuckoo than usual.
I just found a song from long ago, and it means even more now to me than it did years ago.
It's called "The Anchor Holds" by Ray Boltz.
Many of you know some about my past. A portion of what happened:
A mother who didn't want me and gave me up for adoption.
An adoptive mother who had her own issues, and was abusive
An abusive ex-husband
Cancer-miraculously healed
A dead
An assistant district attorney who my ex convinced that I should be imprisoned for manslaughter ( My ex wanted my 's insurance money)
The church I'd attended most of my life rejecting my because of they couldn't handle that my had been in jail at one time.

And in between, a smattering of things like beatings, robberies, , (I DID learn to carry a knife),my dad whom I loved dearly dying of a stroke, homelessness, fighting my way out of a wheelchair----
and on and on it goes....
This song talks about
having journeyed through the long dark night out on the open sea.
I can't see, but He watches me.I've had dreams and held them in my hand but I never knew they would slip right through like grains of sand.

I always see my 's eyes look calmly at me when I hear that. I see him smile, and hear him tell me, "See? It'll be all right." I don't know why I hear him say that...

The chorus grabs my heart:

The anchor holds
Though the ship's been battered,
The anchor holds
Though the sails are torn,
I have fallen on my knees
As I faced the raging seas,
But the anchor holds
In spite of the storm.

Amen. Thank you God.

ICorinthians13 66F

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6/9/2008 5:59 pm

loki2007

Thanks! Same to you. ltns, by the way, always cool to hear from you