Elizabeth Elliot once asked, "What is there in your life that is unexplainable apart from the Lord?" God wanted to make sure they remembered His intervention in their lives. He instructed Joshua to have 12 stones removed from where the Ark had stood in the bottom of the Jordan river as the young nation passed by. The stones were stacked as a memorial and witness to the next generation.
The memorial was to inspire questions: "Dad, what is this for?" The door was open for a story about God. "Son, God is great, God is good... Without Him, we would not be free. Without Him we would not be where we are. God can always do what we cannot. He has proved Himself. You can trust Him..."
God had a special concern for the next generation. He created many memorials. Passover, a collection of stones, and in the current age- bread and wine. God remembers that we are dust so He builds into our religious experience opportunities to remember...
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