Remember when scrapbooking was super popular? Scrapbooking parties, scrapbooking stores, scrapbooking blogs.
Um, yeah. That was not me.
I couldn’t seem to make the time to do more than have photos printed and put them in an album. (I don’t even do that now.)
But I do have one album, one scrapbook that I am pretty serious about. One I put more effort in to.
I call it my Rock Book.
This is the story of how my Rock Book came to be.
Several years ago, I read a Bible story in Joshua 3 and 4 that gave me an idea.
Let me set the scene for you:
Moses had already died, and Joshua was the guy who was going to lead the Israelites into the Promised Land. Their first mission was to conquer the city of Jericho, but to do that, they had to cross the Jordan River.
The Jordan was no little creek they could wade through. It was likely 100+ feet wide and 10+ feet deep.
And this was a massive group of people—around 600,000 men plus their wives, children, livestock and belongings.
Swimming across the Jordan was out of the question.
So, God did what God does. He showed up and showed out.
As soon as the priests dipped their toes in the water, the water began backing up further and further until they were walking on dry land. (It was like a sequel to the Red Sea experience.)
The priests stood in the middle of that riverbed until everyone had crossed to the other side. (You can bet that took forever, and they were wishing for comfy chairs.)
Just when the last person stepped out of the riverbed, God gave Joshua a message:
“Oops, I did it again.” Just kidding.
He told Joshua to pick 12 guys to go back into the riverbed and pick up a stone. They were to pile up these 12 stones at the place where the Israelites would be making camp.
Then Joshua uttered the words that inspired my Rock Book and are written on its first page:
“In the future, when your children ask you ‘What do these stones mean?’ tell them that the flow of the Jordan was cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. When it crossed the Jordan, the water of the Jordan were cut off. These stones are to be a memorial to the people of Israel forever.”
Joshua 4:6-7 NIV
This is something the Israelites in the Old Testament did often.
In places where God did something significant in their lives, they built memorials to honor what he had done and as a reminder to themselves, so every time they would pass that spot they would remember what God did for them.
And it struck me that my family needed the same thing: a way to look back and remember the times God had so obviously showed up in our lives.
So over the next few weeks, I shopped for the perfect scrapbook, paper, and accessories, and I made a list of significant moments in our lives, starting with when my husband and I first met.
I made this video to show you the finished product, although it’s really more of a work in progress.
In times of waiting or uncertainty, when we don’t know what the future holds, I cannot express what a comfort it is to be able to open our Rock Book and remember all the times God has taken care of us and all the situations he has seen us through.
Remembering how good God has been to us helps us grow closer to Him. If you would like to grow closer in your relationship with God, check out this post on how to Grow Closer to God in 7 Days.
It sounds gimmicky, but it really is possible to draw closer to Him in one week. After all, He is already there, just waiting on you to come near.
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