Hope Anchor

Jewelry and me, we have a special kind of love affair.

It's very spiritual. 

Whenever God is doing something in me or wanting me to remember an important teaching or truth he will provide a piece of jewelry as a remembrance.

He has given me necklaces. pendants, rings, bracelets and brooches all symbolical in nature. 

Sometimes they are gifts from friends, family, strangers, or new acquaintances, randomly they are found or even purchased by myself. 

So after sharing this I will now tell you about the latest jewelry piece I received on a recent trip to Nova Scotia.

As I said this jewelry finds its way to me via unique circumstances and situations but one  precious friend from Nova Scotia has always stayed sensitive to the leading of the spirit and every time I have come she has a token from the Father that she has prayed and  sought the God about. 

Well this time He gave her one word "Anchor".

So on her way to visit with me she looked for a place to purchase an anchor as a gift.  Needless to say along the journey she only came upon one store in the middle of nowhere in the Rodden hills. It was old country store and she entered thinking they must definitely have some sort of anchor. To her utter amazement and surprise the only item they had was an unusual anklet bracelet with a rhinestone jeweled anchor attached to it. She purchased it for me and it came in a beautiful box. As she presented it to me she shared the story and this is the message she wrote in the box.

"Beloved friend, God is doing a new thing . Not to replace you as an eagle or butterfly . A new freedom of the assurance that your life is anchored in Him. A deep peace, unswayable. Let this settle in your spirit."

I received this lovely gift and sought God for the deeper message He was trying to give to me . I loved the fact that it was an anklet as it had meaning as it anchored my feet. Those who know me will understand the great significance in that message.

When I got home I was contemplating this gift and my heart overwhelmed with a gratitude and love for my relationship with God and the security I felt in Him. I was excited because He had restored my HOPE. 

Then the scripture came to me that my HOPE is anchored in Him. Hebrews 6:19. Then at 2am in the morning these words came to me. It was a description of the Hope anchor that I am intimate with.   It is also the name of the design of this anchor I had been given, as it has a cross at  the top

I’m not a drifting vessel floating aimlessly without direction

I have been firmly fastened under your arm of protection

You are the Hope that has anchored my soul

This Love has made me whole

Secured me to that Thing that holds me

Yet simultaneously makes me free

You are my safety, my security, my stability and tranquility

My identity is balanced by the weight of understanding who You are

During the many storms of life You hold me in place – yet still you give me space

To travel to the true destination

Never anchored by a rope

But secured within the Hope

That I have discovered in You

For I am found in You and You are in me

Where does it begin and where will it end?

Does it matter except that I know this one thing to be true

I am anchored by You…

What a feeling of liberty!

 To be grounded and yet remain free

Hebrew 6:19 We have this Hope as an anchor for our souls

Charmaine Hinds