Rock Collecting

Connie collects rocks. When my spouse and I take a walk down our gravel road, she is on the lookout for agates. It does not matter if they are small or large, she will pocket them and add them to a large jar filled with agates she has found. Her collection of agates sitting on the counter in our home is a reminder on this cold January day of warm summer walks we have taken together.

God commanded Joshua to collect twelve rocks from the Jordon River and save as a reminder of His protective power.
Joshua 4:1-3,21-24
When all the people had crossed the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua, 2 “Now choose twelve men, one from each tribe. 3 Tell them, ‘Take twelve stones from the very place where the priests are standing in the middle of the Jordan. Carry them out and pile them up at the place where you will camp tonight.’”

21 Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future your children will ask, ‘What do these stones mean?’ 22 Then you can tell them, ‘This is where the Israelites crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’ 23 For the Lord your God dried up the river right before your eyes, and he kept it dry until you were all across, just as he did at the Red Sea when he dried it up until we had all crossed over. 24 He did this so all the nations of the earth might know that the Lord’s hand is powerful, and so you might fear the Lord your God forever.”

Do you have pictures, a journal or objects that are reminders of God’s goodness in your life?

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