Set Up Your Stones

A few years ago while reading through Joshua, I came across a passage that stayed with me. Recently, God brought it back to my remembrance, and I felt like it was something worth sharing.

In Joshua 4, the Israelites had just crossed the Jordan River on dry ground. After everything God had done to bring them through, He gave Joshua an interesting instruction. God told him to choose twelve men, one from each tribe, and have them gather twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan to build a memorial.

Joshua 4:6 says:

“Let this be a sign among you, so that when your children ask later, saying, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’”

I love that verse. It’s repeated again later in verse 21 because God clearly wanted them to remember. He knew there would be future generations who needed to hear the stories of His faithfulness.

And honestly, I think this is still something we’re called to do today.

Not necessarily by stacking physical stones outside our homes, but by intentionally surrounding ourselves with reminders of what God has done.

I’ve personally “set up stones” throughout my home. Things that remind me of the faithfulness of God in different seasons of my life.

My wedding pictures remind me of being 16 years old, praying for a godly husband.

My son’s baby pictures remind me of the prayers I prayed over my future children before they were ever here.

I have a framed scripture from Numbers 6:24–26 that I read  moments before I was in a horrific car accident. A verse I had just read before everything changed. It reminds me that God was watching over me even when, naturally speaking, I should not have survived.

These things may just look like photographs, frames, journals, old Bibles, or handwritten notes to someone else, but to me, they are stones. They are reminders that God has been faithful in every season.

So what are your stones?

What moments has God brought you through that deserve to be remembered instead of forgotten?

I want to encourage you: set them out. Hang up the pictures. Frame the scripture. Pull out the old journal entries. Keep the prayer list. Leave reminders of God’s goodness where you can constantly see them. Let your home be filled with evidence of His faithfulness.

Because one day your children may walk by those pictures, scriptures, journals, or reminders and ask, “Mom, what does this mean to you?” — and you’ll have the opportunity to tell them about the faithfulness of God.

Because those conversations matter.

The testimonies you carry are not only shaping you, they are shaping your family, your faith, and your legacy. Every reminder of God’s goodness becomes another opportunity to remember that He has never failed you yet.

So set up your stones.

Tell the stories.

Remember the faithfulness of God.