The Garden and Standing Stones

I am learning how to garden. I started a little later in life. I guess you could call me a "late bloomer." We have some beautiful roses blooming in the middle of the yard. The rest of the pictures are of "standing stones" and different flowers.

So, are you wondering what standing stones are? Read on...

In the Book of Joshua, we find one of the mighty miracles of the Old Testament that just doesn't seem to get the "same amount of press" as the parting of the Red Sea has gotten over the ages. Joshua was now leader of the Israelites, "God's man on the ground". He was given the responsibility of leading Israel into the Land of Milk and Honey. Now, it was time to move into the Promised Land! Yet, a big river stood between the Israelites and the Promised Land - the Jordan River - at FLOOD stage, no less.God being, well, GOD, seized this opportunity to show these sons of Israel how MIGHTY He is! God instructed Joshua to have the Levitical priests take the Ark of the Covenant ahead of the Israelites into the Jordan and then the Jordan's "waters flowing downstream will be cut off and stand up in a heap." Sound a bit familiar? Off they go - those Levitical priests and the Ark to stand in the Jordan River, at FLOOD STAGE. Just because Joshua told them to do it, at God's command. They did it. The faith lesson here is that they stepped down into the water AT FLOOD STAGE and then the water stopped. How many times do we ask God to stop the water and then we will do what He has asked or do we, like the Israelites trust that He will do what He has said and take that STEP OF FAITH. And they stood fast until every single Israelite had crossed.What happened next? As you know, the Jordan River did "stand up in a heap" and the Israelites crossed over, with none of their feet touching water, but walking on dry land alone. Now, once the Israelites crossed over, God instructed Joshua to have twelve men, one from each tribe of Israel, to take up a stone each from the riverbed of the Jordan and to carry it out of the river. There on the eastern border of Jericho, at Gilgal, Joshua placed those twelve stones, to remind us all, the future generations of Israel, of just what God has done for His children. While those twelve stones may not stand there still today, the evidence of everything that God has done and continues to do for His children remains. How great a miracle is what He has done for us and continues to do!

So, I wanted to honor God by putting some standing stones in our yard. We have gone through some difficult trials and each one God has seen us through and provided more than we could ever ask or think.