Stones of Remembrance

Inheritance of past Godly generations that walked faithfully before God.

Joshua 4:4-7 - Joshua called out the twelve men whom he selected from the People of Israel, one man from each tribe. Joshua directed them, "Cross to the middle of the Jordan and take your place in front of the Chest of God, your God. Each of you heft a stone to your shoulder, a stone for each of the tribes of the People of Israel, so you'll have something later to mark the occasion. When your children ask you, 'What are these stones to you?' you'll say, 'The flow of the Jordan was stopped in front of the Chest of God as it crossed the Jordan -- stopped in its tracks. These stones are a permanent memorial for the People of Israel.'" (MSG)

I have been revisiting my stones of remembrance.  Those places throughout my life where I met God.  Standing on the edge of the waters that He parted, I can take my children down memory lane of His faithfulness.  I also prepare my heart to pass my memories of His faithfulness on to the next generation.  Recently I was asked to write out my testimony...that began the flow.  Later, I looked at the decor in my home...stones of remembrance.

• My childhood years with Godly Parents - accepting Christ at the age of 5
• My creative side, which was encouraged through my parents - sewing, high school photography, cross-stitching, painting, cooking and dance
• My years of pregnancies - the doll's name is Fertile Mertyle 
• My young years of motherhood - photo with our firstborn... after two miscarriages 
• My dancing bear - reminder of my years of dance training- now it says "I Love You", a gift from my daughter

• 27 years of dedicating myself to motherhood and the home
• creative pursuits - smocking, cross-stitching, sewing, interior design business, painting, cooking -"home-making"
• home schooling 22 years
• marriage of 30 years to a Godly man, whom I met at the young age of 15

Sometimes it is just good for me to look back and see what I did accomplish.  I don't have a resume' an employer would desire, nor degrees to hang on the wall, but I have treasures.  Stones of Remembrance, that  will be eternal, mark my memories.  When I start to walk down paths of regret because the world offers up its list of successes for my age...well, I just walk through my house and nod, I chose what was right for me!  God knew we would need to recount His faithfulness.

I have worn alot of different hats, but the one I treasure the most is "daughter of the Most High God."  My Bible is marked with spiritual Stones of Remembrance. The pages are worn because each time I stood at edge of waters that seemed to want to drown me, God spoke through His word.  The waters parted and I walked to the other side, having placed my Stones of Remembrance on His ground of victory.

Boys, Tools and You Tube

Now just what is it with me and things...well, things biting the bullet?  You don't see this 50-year-old just breaking down and quitting do you?  Well then, why should my appliances have that luxury?

So my dryer, which has probably tumbled thousands of loads, it was bought when we had a household of seven, four of which were boys and all five were involved in sports,.....decided it was tired.  Sports means a lot of washing and drying.  Now my dryer is having lighter days, only a household of four and only one in sports. Its tumbling days have slowed down, so it should be rejoicing.  WELL, NO!!!  It must have needed some attention because on Monday, my wash/dry day, it decided to throw a fit and it broke the drum belt.  In protest, it said it would not tumble anymore.

Just wait...I am a Rosie the Riveter and I have access to a talented, teenage boy and You-Tube!  So, with our arsonnel at hand, we ran to the computer, found out the name of the broken part and watched a video on how to replace it. No need to wait for days for my modern-day servant to be back in working order...I HAD WET CLOTHES TO DRY! (we are not allowed to have clothes lines in our subdivision).

My handsome, young teenager son being his Mom's hero!

A trip to the parts place, a willing teenage boy who let his mom oversee him, and we had the dryer back in better-than-working order in no time.  The same dryer that had tried to eat my bra....(Do You Hear Your Mother's Voice, post click to read) had lost yet another battle.

My Simple Pleasure this week.....A Working Dryer, A Helpful Son and You-Tube. This Rosie is now looking at all "fixing" challenges with delight...another learning opportunity in our home school house.  Just months ago, my son and I replaced the door handles on my car.  Now technology is becoming my friend. It is much easier to train this teenage son than it was my first son, 14 years ago. The biggest simple pleasure was seeing the pride on my son's face after the job was complete.................priceless.

Blow a Trumpet of Praise

Proverbs 27: 2
"Let another praise you and not your own mouth, a stranger and not your own lips."

Today I set my mouth to the trumpet to blast a THANK YOU to Jill at Pathway to Purpose  She so compassionately felt for my worn out kitchen accessories that she sent me a lovely gift in the mail. I am going to dream it is my own "Over the Hill - Married Kitchen Shower" gift.

Aren't they just lovely?  She made them!!  What a smart girl!  She has achieved all this while adventuring into her first year of home schooling her daughter.  Can you hear my applauds for all she is juggling?

She also has her own cottage business and sent me one of her lip balms.  Now how would she know these old lips need the treatment?  Check our her web-site Simple Delights. (click to check it out)  Now don't we all need to pamper ourselves some?


Thank-you Jill....you are a doll!!!