My daughter Penny loves to climb the steps. Repeatedly. Hence the reason we have a gate. I think she would go up and up (cause she doesn't know how to go down yet!) the steps all day if she could. Tonight, as we were getting ready to go to bed, something that she does every time she climbs up the stairs really jumped out at me. Half way up the steps she stops and looks down through the rails. She does this every single time.
It made me think. As we climb up the stairs in our lives, you know financial problems, marital issues, lack of self worth, etc..., there needs to be a time where we stop and marvel at the miracles God provides for us. His provision is amazing and we easily can forget it.
Take a cue from Joshua.
When the Israelites crossed the Jordan, he had twelve stones taken from the river bed. You see, just like with the Red Sea, God parted the river making it possible for them to cross. Then he said these words,
"He said to the Israelites, “In the future when your descendants ask their fathers, ‘What do these stones mean?’ tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’" Joshua 4:21-22
We need to remember so that we don't get so lost in the daunting task of climbing the steps that we forget who is protecting us and helping us get up and take the next step.
Maybe its time for you to set up your own "twelve stones" in your home. Remember God's miracles in your life. I know that I need to!
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