My husband and I went out on a date recently. I love our date days or nights as we put our phones on silent mode and do the best we can to ignore all texts! We have been together for 44 years and from time to time he will ask me, “You ain’t tired of me yet?” Of course, my answer is almost always no. Unless I am in a comedic mood, then my answer is usually, “Give me time!”
This date included lunch and the movie, Twisters! I found it difficult to believe that twenty-four years had passed since the release of the original movie, “Twister.” I think that I have watched that movie ten times throughout the years as I own the DVD. We made sure that we reserved the seats that reclined, had our throws in hand and settled in to watch the movie with brief periods whereby the movie was watching us. The movie did not disappoint me. It was fantastic!
It was several days later that something concerning the movie came across my mind as I was driving. One of the storm chasers seemed almost fearless. Instead of turning away from the storm when it was at its most dangerous, he kept heading straight for it. He had a mission that required him to get as close as possible to the tornado. When he was exactly where he needed to be, he flipped switches that caused spiral anchors to burrow into the ground. And while the tornado sucked up everything in its path, his vehicle defied the odds and remained stable. He kept his hand on the wheel.
God is my anchor! He is my shelter in the storm. When I think about the twists and turns that I have had to endure in my life, I can honestly say that, had I not held on to my Lord, and trusted him to hold onto me, I would not have made it.
I am reminded
19 This hope [this confident assurance] we have as an anchor of the soul [it cannot slip and it cannot break down under whatever pressure bears upon it]—a safe and steadfast hope that enters within the veil [of the heavenly temple, that most Holy Place in which the very presence of God dwells], 20 where Jesus has entered [in advance] as a forerunner for us, having become a High Priest forever according to the order of [a]Melchizedek.
Hebrews 6: 19-20 Amplified Version.
