Markers

Joshua 4 Let this be a sign among you, so that when your children ask later, saying, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’  then you shall say to them, ‘Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord; when it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off.’ So these stones shall become a memorial to the sons of Israel forever.”

I love this picture.

The people crossed over the Jordan, a mighty victory occurred. God told them to gather stones as markers.  He knew their children would wonder why…because children wonder and ask questions.  He told them to tell their children about their passage and how God brought them over.

We need to do this with our children.  Often.

When God answers prayers, meets our needs, takes us through difficult circumstances, why not gather stones, notebooks, pictures, symbols, or something…and set them in a prominent place and tell our children?

The Lord has been faithful and has brought us out and across, and we give thanks to Him.

Your kids will remember the stones and the markers when they grow up and face their own Jordan River.