“We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.” — Hebrews 6:19 NIV

An anchor is what holds a boat stable in the midst of waves to prevent it from being pushed out to the open seas. Our lives are like that with circumstances that threaten to push us in directions we don’t want to go. It is in dealing with these unwanted situations that we must find hope in order to survive.

Hope is an anchor in difficult times. It guides us through the toughest of circumstances like a light at the end of a long dark tunnel. Hope is the motivation we need to endure to a more promising outcome. We stand firm in our parenting because we have hope that our child will grow into a productive adult. We take the treatments because we have hope they’ll make us healthy again. We face a loved one’s final breaths of life because we have hope that we’ll be together again in the afterlife.

This week, when a difficulty arises, focus on the hope that you can have in the midst of it.