Holidays are about passing traditions that connect the past to the present to the future. Traditions: connect former generations and values [Past] connect you to people you love [Present] help you pass on your values to the future generations [Future] We create traditions by celebrating VALUES through an EVENT with people we love, and we REPEAT it annually (if you enjoyed it) with the hope that the next generation CONTINUES…
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Living the Lesson: Gathering Stones (Part II)
Related Post: Gathering Stones and Making Memories Investment: MAKING MEMORIES . . . Dividend: TRADITIONS FOR GENERATIONS Exodus 12:14,17 – This is a day you are to commemorate; for the generations to come you shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord – a lasting ordinance . . . Celebrate . . . because it was on this very day that I brought your divisions out of Egypt.  Celebrate this…
Living the Lesson: Gathering Stones (Part I)
As a follow-up to our Parenting – An Investment That Grows posts, Marv includes a Living the Lesson scripture search to help moms and dads dig deeper into the Word of God. These questions are meant to help you think through the areas where God may be transforming in your life. Related Post: Gathering Stones and Making Memories Investment:  MAKING MEMORIES . . . Dividend: TRADITIONS FOR GENERATIONS Joshua 4:1-7…
Gathering Stones and Building Memories
So Joshua called together the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe, and said to them, “Go over before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when…