Anchor Under the Waves

The chapel lights went quiet
Rain climbed the old stone steps
I heard one choir note breathing
Where fear had held its breath
The foyer smelled like wet coats
My anchor is under the waves
Anchor under the waves

My phone lit up with bad news at dawn
Coffee went cold beside the Word
I drove through streets with sirens on
Too scared to pray out loud at first
The wipers kept time like a tired drum
My raincoat dripped on the hospital floor
By the vending machine near the chapel sign
Under a clock that would not move
I counted coins and whispered Lord
The window shook but in my chest a hymn began to change

So I plant my feet where fear says run
I hold the rail when I come undone
Every wave has a ceiling
Every night has a line
Not because the water is kind
But because Your hand is on mine

You are the anchor under the waves
Gripping the dark where I cannot see
I will not drift I will not sink today
Jesus hold me steady till the morning

I signed my name on a visitor sheet
The waiting-room TV flashing red
A nurse moved soft past the chapel door
And midnight folded down the hall
A mother wept into her sleeve
And It Is Well came back to me
I used to ask You move this sea
Now give me courage in the boat
The thunder did not disappear
But peace sat down beside me like truth

Leader: When my faith is ankle-deep
Choir: hold me steady
Leader: When the monitors won't sleep
Choir: hold me steady
Leader: When I can't feel the rope beneath
Choir: hold me steady
You are holding me

My anchor is under the waves
Even when I cannot feel the rope
Your mercy will not let me go
When my fingers lose the knot
Your kindness holds what I forgot

You are the anchor under the waves
Gripping the dark where I cannot see
We will not drift we will not sink today
Jesus hold us steady till the morning

Over the sirens over the rain
Mercy is calling us by name
My anchor is under the waves
Anchor under the waves
Amen