The women of Lipscomb learned what it meant to anchor themselves Monday night in Collins Alumni Auditorium.
Campus Ministry hosted the event “Anchored,” featuring singer/songwriter Ellie Holcomb; creator of She Reads Truth, Raechel Myers; and blogger and author of “If You Find This Letter,” Hannah Brencher.
“Tonight is about anchoring ourselves to the truth of who God is and who God says we are,” said Caroline Morris, campus minister for women’s ministry. “When we do that, we begin to feel the freedom that we are destined for when we anchor ourselves to truth.”
As each of the three guests told their stories, they revealed the truths they anchored themselves to in order to gain the freedom Morris described.
After graduating college and moving to New York City, Brencher began leaving love letters around the city for people to find as a means of dealing with her depression.
As Brencher struggled through her fear of being alone, she said she began to find God’s purpose for her life by anchoring herself in love.
“I am learning that whatever you feed will grow, whether it is lies or truth,” Brencher said. “I’m either going to choose to be rooted in love or I’m going to choose to be rooted in fear, and I don’t want to be rooted in fear anymore.”
Myers discussed the hardship of losing a child and clinging to God during rough times. She said that in this season of her life is when she realized that there is no truth but God’s truth.
“The reality is I found God in the valley and I found God on the mountaintop, but I didn’t know what to do with God when it wasn’t low and it wasn’t high,” Myers said. “I want to tell you girls that God’s word is for you and it’s for right now.”
Holcomb shared her desire of wanting to be a stay at home mom when God called her to start a music career. She said it may be scary following God, but the most wonderful thing to do is say yes to him.
“I have seen Him draw me into places where I am in over my head and the ground just rises up beneath my feet and the rock is secure,” Holcomb said. “God is not lying when he says that his word is alive and it’s active and it’s powerful.”