Stones...

Stones...12-7-25

Have you ever misplaced something that was precious to you? Yes, I know tangible items are not the most important thing, our God, family, eternity are. Those are really what matters most. But sometimes tangible things are a reminder of those we love and are important. Yes, we have our memories, our mind's eye that fills with thoughts and images of those we love. I say all this to say, we look at something or someone and the memories flood back. Sometimes the object does have comfort, for me at least.

With spiritual, personal, and emotional potholes this past week, yesterday I needed to touch something. Yes, I had, as I always do, gone to my Lord for strength. I felt such a strong nudging to just touch the gift that was given and belonged to someone I love dearly. I couldn't find it. I began to search. It wasn't anywhere. Now, if you know me, you know my OCD will not stop until I do or find whatever is the source of my mindset. I struggle with that daily to the frustration of my husband. We have actually rushed to get somewhere because I couldn't quit doing, looking, or messing with something.

I stopped, completed tasks, but the object was fixated forefront in my thoughts. I texted someone whom I thought I might have given it to, not to keep, but to do something with. She did not have it, but understood my emotional pre-meltdown approaching self. She instantly said, "I will pray.". I went to one last place before I had to leave and it was there. Now, I had checked this place already. I texted to her that I knew she prayed.

What is my point? My stones were a reminder of the Cornerstone. There are many instances in the Bible that refer to stones, two were a covenant, a memorial. In Joshua, Chapter 4, the Israelites picked up stones from the Jordan riverbed. 12 stones that symbolized the faithfulness of God and the future generations. In Genesis 31, stones were heaped into a pile to make a covenant with Laban.

Psalm 118:22: "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone". God is the stone, the cornerstone of our strength. He is the precious gift given freely that touches us when we cry out. Oh, that my life would be as the stones in antimony, strong, stable, adorned by God. “O afflicted one, storm-tossed and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in antimony, and lay your foundations with sapphires.", Isaiah 54:11.