Ebeneezer

Basically... We all need reminders...
and re-reminders.

I looked through some of my old posts today and my heart needed to hear many of the same lessons I experienced so long ago. This started me thinking....  In the song, Come Thou Fount, The second verse says "Here I lay my Ebeneezer, hither to Thy help I've come." The Ebeneezer comes from First Samuel 7:12. where the prophet, Samuel, sets up a stone in remembrance of what God did for the Israelites. They needed a constant reminder of who God is and all that He has done for them. The point being: we are a forgetful people.

 I can't count how many times I cry out to God because I'm confused about my life only to have quietly and lovingly, yet sometimes firmly, tell me everything will work out.. That He's got it. The simple act of trust is a constant lesson in my life -- no matter how much I try. One thing has changed though: I have made an Ebeneezer. One small stone that I keep to remind myself of all that God has done. Kind of like the "wall of remembrance" from the movie War Room  which Clara made... Only mine is a rock.. And an oddly shaped one at that.

Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebeneezer, saying, 

'Thus far the LORD has helped us.' 

- 1 Samuel 7:12

Paradigm Shift