Comments on: The Anchor – A Symbol of Hope {Day 2 of Practicing Hope}

By: Lynn D. Morrissey

Lynn D. Morrissey — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 19:46:24 +0000

Tell your sister she is on target–not a maudlin thing at all, but a favor to her family; plus (and presuming everyone follows her wishes) a way to make a final statement when she is already in heaven! Not rushing her whatever!! 🙂 And how wonderful that God gave us each a msg for the other, and supplied the answer to your request. Manna. Feast. God!
xo
L

By: LisaNotes

LisaNotes — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 14:32:26 +0000

In reply to Lynn D. Morrissey.

You made my day, Lynn. I love seeing how God intersects our paths with what we need each day. Manna!

And I’d been thinking about that hymn but couldn’t remember all the words, so thank you so much for including lyrics and the link! Another God-thing.

My sister has a funeral song list too so I appreciate that 🙂

By: Rebecca Jones

Rebecca Jones — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 20:42:01 +0000

Seeing those anchors on ships they are strong enough to steady it or hold it in place, Jesus is strong enough in any storm.

By: Lynn D. Morrissey

Lynn D. Morrissey — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 20:28:27 +0000

Lisa, I love this, and somehow missed the start of the series. Just one behind though. 🙂 I see that 31 days has shifted to 28, from Oct. to Feb! This means a lot to me, b/c I’m not feelng much hope, and I am collecting some collage pieces, and almost threw out the anchor that I had squirreled away. Something (ahem!) told me to save it, and now I know why. I’ll use that anchor in a collage as a promise of Gods hope and as a reminder not to drift, which I have a real proclivity to do! I found the little video meaningful too!! Thank you. My take-away? There are different types of anchors. But which will I use and on which will I rely? The anchor of hope in Hope, Himself: Jesus! I love this second verse (and frankly, all of them) from the hymn, “Christ the Solid Rock.”

#2. When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale
My anchor holds within the veil.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.

I thought you might appreciate that, and here is a link to all verses. Would be fun to listen to too and to sing on your own! I thnk this is a great hymn for living and for dying. Will add it to my funeral program, that I am always tweaking! 🙂
Love you, and thank you for some much-needed hope! Wow, amazing! And I just realized (where is my head?!), that I had prayed to God before reading His Word today to give me hope. Oh my goodness, now, tears! This…. your beautiful post, is my reminder. Oh my word, I can’t thank you enough, Lisa!!!!!!!!!

http://lutheran-hymnal.com/lyrics/tlh370.htm

love
Lynn

By: Lynn D. Morrissey

Lynn D. Morrissey — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 20:21:25 +0000

In reply to floyd samons. Floyd, isn't that fascinating? New to me, too. Look up peacocks; also symbolic to early Christians. Very interesting insights and applications.

By: floyd samons

floyd samons — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 20:15:27 +0000

I didn’t know about the anchors to represent the early Christians. How I love to learn new things. And I have a new outlook on the anchor tattoos!!!