The solid rock

One of my favorite parts of the Bible is when Joshua is about to lead the Israelites into the Promised Land. In the first chapter of Joshua, God tells him three different times to “Be strong and courageous”. Whenever I am feeling less than strong and courageous (which is more often than I like to admit), I go and read Joshua 1:9, “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”

Sure enough, God was with the Israelites and they crossed into the Promised Land. After they got there God told Joshua to choose twelve men from each tribe and have them each take a stone and place it as a memorial to the people of Israel to remind them of what God had done for them.

“In the future, when your children ask you, ‘What do these stones mean?’,
tell them that the flow of the Jordan was cut off before the ark of the convenant of the Lord.
When it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off.
These stones are to be a memorial to the people of Israel forever.”
Joshua 4: 6-7

When I am facing a challenge or needing to be reminded of how faithful God is, I remember this passage and think about the “stones” in my life. We all have them. Those times that looked so hopeless and then God took care of us in ways that we couldn’t have imagined. That’s what He does, because He is…you know, God and all.

So, while technically I am still on a bloggy break, I thought I would share these thoughts along with two links that tell about two of my personal memorial stones.
Stone #1
Stone #2

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