September note 2012: Standing Stones

 

 At Gezer in Israel there are large stones standing in a row

They are Standing Stones

The stones were put down 1500BC and the purpose was to tell a story. People would see these stones and ask what has happened here? why are these stones here?

In the bible the Israelites put up standing stones:

When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua,  “Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe,  and tell them to take up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan from right where the priests stood and to carry them over with you and put them down at the place where you stay tonight.”
So Joshua called together the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe,  and said to them, “Go over before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites,  to serve as a sign among you. 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 covenant 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.”

 

We are like standing Stones. Others will look at us and see how our lives are. That is a scary thought and an awesome responsibility. We like Standing Stones have a story to tell.

What is your story? Is your life showing the story you like to tell?