Will your anchor hold in the storms of life

Whenever I sing this hymn, it reminds me Christ our rock and anchor. This song was surely written by a seafearer

I can relate to the words in this song. I almost thought I was going to drown today at Newport Beach, CA. I was barely in the water, but the violent waves pulled me in, sucked me under, pushed me back, and I couldn’t get out. I screamed for help from the lifeguards as I was being thrown around, and looked back only to see another massive wave ready to throw me down again. It hit me with such unbelievable force. I lost my glasses and crawled back to shore. Waves are much stronger than they used to be. I’m rather glad there won’t be oceans in heaven.

Always an encouraging hymn.

Always!!!

It will surely hold in the floods of death,
When the waters cold chill our latest breath;
On the rising tide it can never fail,
While our hopes abide within the veil.
AMEN

The question implied is, What am I depending on as my anchor? There is only one Who will take us (you and me), securely through the storms of life.

Very relevant in this time of our lives in the USA.

Lord have mercy.

This is one of my favourite hymns it reminds me of the sea in Spain

When ever I sing this Hymm it opens my heart to know the security I have in God.

Yeah storms of life will come but we have an anchor!!!

Thank you Jesus

This song continue to give me assurance that , no matter how the storms of life might be, I have an anchor that keeps my soul and it fastened to a rock which cannot be moved. My Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is my rock.

I sang this song years ago as a young man and thought it was a fun little song. But now revisiting it and singing it as an older person, I am deeply touched by its imagery of the Christian as a ship in a stormy sea.

In verse 1, the hymnist sings of Christ as the ship's anchor straining against the tides in the storms of life. In verse 2, she sings of Christ as our safe harbor that can defy the blast of the storm. In verse 3, Christ firmly holds us at sea when passing through the straits of fear, protecting us from every angry wave. Finally, looking forward in verse 4, Christ will hold us in the floods of death, never failing us in the rising tide, our hopes abiding within the veil in the Lord's presence.

How poetic is this hymn with its seafaring imagery: anchors holding, strong tides lifting, cables straining, billowing clouds, safely mooring, ocean straits, threatening reefs, tempests raving, wild winds blowing, our bark (sailing vessel), cold waters, and rising tides.