These are the golden tumors that the Philistines returned as a guilt offering to the LORD: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, one for Ekron, and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both fortified cities and unwalled villages. The great stone beside which they set down the ark of the LORD is a witness to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.
(1 Samuel 6:17-18 ESV)
Solid as a Rock. That is our God. When Israel witnessed God do something great - obviously beyond human comprehension or collaboration, they used rocks as memorials. They were markers they could use to go back to as reminders of God's greatness, dependability, and hand in history. How is your rock collection? Have you made memorials to what He is done? Markers you can go back to as reminders of His presence and power? Lifetime memories that serve as guide stones when you get off track, feel uncertain, struggle in your faith? Set them up along the way - for yourself, and to use to tell others some day.
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