I'm so excited to tell this story. It's been in my mind for at least a month, if not a little longer. I read these verses in Joshua and it formed the idea in my mind.
Joshua 4
The Memorial Stones
1 And it came to pass, when all the people had completely crossed over the Jordan, that the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying: 2 “Take for yourselves twelve men from the people, one man from every tribe, 3 and command them, saying, ‘Take for yourselves twelve stones from here, out of the midst of the Jordan, from the place where the priests’ feet stood firm. You shall carry them over with you and leave them in the lodging place where you lodge tonight.’”
4 Then Joshua called the twelve men whom he had appointed from the children of Israel, one man from every tribe; 5 and Joshua said to them: “Cross over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of the Jordan, and each one of you take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, 6 that this may be a sign among you when your children ask in time to come, saying, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’ 7 Then you shall answer them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it crossed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. And these stones shall be for a memorial to the children of Israel forever.”
After reading this passage I really wanted to do something similar. I wanted us to have something here that we would take with us to Fishers as a reminder of how God called us out of Pekin and into our very own "promised land", so to speak. I could never figure out just what I wanted to do. I told Doug about the idea and he agreed with it. We've been talking about it for a long time and just couldn't decide what to do. I thought about maybe a large rock and we could put our address here on it and then put it out at the house there. I thought about doing smaller rocks, one for each member of our family, and stacking them up here and then taking them there. I just wasn't sure if I was in love with either of those ideas and wasn't really sure what else we could do.
We had a showing on our house last night. I told Doug that we should go to Menards during it and walk through the garden area and see if we could come up with any ideas. As we're walking around everybody had their own opinions of what we should do. I saw some cute mushrooms or a bench that I thought would work. Doug liked the huge lion statue, the boys liked the idea of a water fountain and Jazlyn wanted to play in the park they have there. I prayed that God would help us find something that everyone agreed on. I want this to be a family thing and not just my thing. Then I saw the wind chimes. Everybody agreed that that was what we should do. We didn't see any we liked there so we ended up going to Big Lots. We found the perfect set and they are hanging on our shepherd's hook in the front flower bed.
Now every time any of us hear the wind chimes it will be a reminder of God's call on our lives. As time goes by and our story unfolds, they will be a reminder of God's faithfulness and provision during our journey. My prayer also is that people will comment on the wind chimes and it will give us a chance to share our story. Our very own story of the miracles God has and is going to perform in getting us to Fishers.
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