Memorial Stones

It is so easy to recall the tragedy we experience. The hurt, the betrayals.. the loss. Often my brain feels physically blocked when I try to reminisce the good. 

I am beginning to understand that it is perhaps why people set up piles of stones back in Bible times when God did something mighty and why we have holidays marking great events such as Easter and Christmas. We need tangible reminders to hold on to when our outlook is bleak.

I made a slideshow for a friends’ daughter’s baptism, she remarked how it had felt like such a terrible year, but that seeing all those photos reminded her of the beautiful moments. Or like when Christian was feeling defeated and ready to give up in ‘Young Pilgrims Progress’ his strength was renewed when his friend Faithful bombarded him with memories of God’s faithfulness in the past. 

So let us make stones, literally or figuratively, reminding us of time and times again God has shown Himself faithful, and be there at the ready to lay those precious moments in the lap of those we love when they are struggling to remember.