Find an Anchor

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I almost didn’t send this note.

but something wouldn’t let me rest until i wrote it. last friday’s note wasn’t planned. i got back from a prayer walk that morning and, on impulse, decided to write. i’m grateful at least one person found the piece worthwhile.

that same day, while praying, this piece came strongly to my heart again. i started writing, then deleted it. the next morning, during my run, it returned. i began typing again on my way home, and still left it unfinished.

but here i am. one week after.

if i’ve learned one thing this year, it is the importance of an anchor. this, honestly, is what is keeping me alive.

this year hasn’t gone how i expected. i’ve faced a few setbacks. i made a costly mistake, one i am still trying to fix. in january, when i hit my lowest point, i felt useless. low. completely exhausted. i couldn’t make sense of life for a moment. for a moment, i almost gave up on everything.

but i didn’t.

not because i had strength.

not because i had answers.

but because i had found an anchor before then. a reason to live.

find an anchor.

that reason to live. that thing that keeps you going regardless.

that one thing that, even if everything else falls apart, you still won’t give up. not because life suddenly makes sense, but because you have something holding you in place. something that keeps you believing that you will make it out alive, stronger, better.

this is beyond motivation. beyond hype. beyond temporary words.

an anchor does not stop the storm.

it does not mean you won’t be shaken. it does not mean you won’t feel like breaking. but it keeps you from drifting too far. it helps you endure the winds and the stormy nights. it holds you steady long enough to endure.

yes, life gets better. that’s true. but it does not just happen on its own.

find your anchor. when you stumble, it will keep you. when you don’t know what to do, you will have somewhere to run to.

and for a believer like me, an anchor is not just anything. that anchor, for me, is Jesus.

the kind of hope that holds your soul firm and secure, even when everything around you feels uncertain. not because everything suddenly becomes easy, but because even in the uncertainty, you are held.

even when you feel like slipping, you are not lost.

so find your anchor.

and hold on.

your fellow in becoming,

Dami the builder.