Our Anchor
How little do we comprehend the impact of our lives
The strong impression that we make on someone who survives
A dark and hidden secret that few others ever know
A consequence of choices and the wild seed they did sow
Or maybe worse abuse that they had suffered in their past
A horror held as secret that they thought would ever last
Until they saw a glimmer of a hope their past might end
When in our voice or actions they perceived a greater Friend
One Who knew what they'd gone through but could love them even more
Than in their desperation they had ever wanted for
That Person Who not only saw the evil they endured
But also felt the shame and pain of which they were assured
Would meet an end if they would simply set their gaze on Him
Who likewise lived a painful past to prove His love for them
Though in Himself Almighty God He lived like you and me
And chose like we must choose today to trust divinity
To be to us Exemplar of a life of victory
Though tossed by Satan's evil work steadfast for you and me
The Rock that would not will not fail as anchor for each soul
Who broken can by grace through faith be steadfast pure and whole
And also be transformed from what they once had grown to be
Into that perfect image that God's placed in you and me
As daily we seek at His feet to reach a soul for Him
To share and live the promises He wants to live in them
The promises of comfort and assurance everyday
We're privileged to hold on to as we take time to pray
And keep on Him our focus as the One Who never fails
No matter how the storm of life attacks us with its gails
For in the end it's only wind that Satan uses here
Compared to our eternity when everything's made clear
How when we walked our painful path God's presence walked there too
And carefully preserved our souls to show what He would do
To draw us by His presence to a place we've never been
That place that He's providing where with Him there'll be no sin
But only ever always perfect peaceful harmony
For which He paid the dearest Price for us on Calvary
Isaiah 58:6-12; James 1:26-27; John 14:1-3
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