Stones of Remembrance
This was written by my mom a few years ago, to be shared at their 50th Wedding Anniversary celebration with family and friends. She has been sharing copies with friends ever since until now the print copies are gone. Thinking that it might be easier to share digitally, I add it now to my own stories, told in the voice of Mary Sider. Stones of Remembrance BACKGROUND The Bible study class at church was studying the book of Joshua and we were reading the story of the people miraculously crossing the Jordan River. After getting across safely, God told the leaders to pick twelve stones out of the river. They were to carry them to the other side to build a memorial to God. Joshua told them, “When your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean?’ you are to tell them what God did so amazingly to get the people across the river.” As I reflected on this story, I felt that Neale and I should build a “memorial monument” to remember God’s wonderf