"Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.
He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way" Psalm 25: 8-9
Wednesday, March 17, 2010

"Why The Rocks?" I'm Glad You Ask...

10:15 AM | Posted by Anonymous | | Edit Post

There are several places in the Bible that tell about the Israelites stacking stones to mark an important event...a time when the Lord "shows up and shows off". 

One example of that is in the book of Joshua.  The Lord had just parted the Jordan when it was at its highest, during flood season, to let the Israelites cross over into the promised land:


Joshua 4:19-24 19 On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho. 20 And Joshua set up at Gilgal the twelve stones they had taken out of the Jordan. 21 He said to the Israelites, "In the future when your descendants ask their fathers, 'What do these stones mean?' 22 tell them, 'Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.' 23 For the LORD your God dried up the Jordan before you until you had crossed over. The LORD your God did to the Jordan just what he had done to the Red Sea [a] when he dried it up before us until we had crossed over. 24 He did this so that all the peoples of the earth might know that the hand of the LORD is powerful and so that you might always fear the LORD your God."
When I read that story I thought what a cool way to remember "God Stories" in my own life!  So, I started my own bowl of rocks.  I wrote the date of the event and one word to help remind me of the story.  Now, when anyone sees my bowl of rocks they will ask me "Why" ???  and I am able to testify to the glory of God.  It opens the door of opportunity that may never come ... that wouldn't come up in everyday conversation.  After I tell the story about one rock, it always leads to the telling of another, and another.

I am  beginning to tell some of those stories here.  When I do, I plan to put my picture of a stack of rocks so that you will know, this is a special God-story when He "showed up and showed off".  I have gone back to and marked one already, see if you can find it.
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Life Lesson:
  • The older you get, the easier it is to forget dates and details of life ... make yourself a bowl of rocks!  Even if it is just a journal, or a blog... write it down!  One day it will be all that is left of the story, and if you don't document it somewhere it will be lost forever.
  • Another plus to the rocks... when you are having a down day, or find yourself in a pickle, you can look to your bowl of rocks and see that the Lord ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS comes through for you!  There is NOTHING too big for our God!

Deuteronomy 10:21

 He is your praise; he is your God, who performed for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with your own eyes.

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