I remember very well what I was doing. Two years ago today my parents house flooded. Can you believe that it has been two years ago!? What a crazy day that was! When I have more time I'll write about that, but today I just wanted to write a little something as a reminder.
My mom refers to this day as an Ebenezer day. I went to
www.bible.com and looked up Ebenezer. This is the verse/s that are pertinent to what she means:
1 Samuel 7:12: 10 -12 While Samuel was offering the sacrifice, the Philistines came within range to fight Israel. Just then God thundered, a huge thunderclap exploding among the Philistines. They panicked—mass confusion!—and ran helter-skelter from Israel. Israel poured out of Mizpah and gave chase, killing Philistines right and left, to a point just beyond Beth Car. Samuel took a single rock and set it upright between Mizpah and Shen. He named it "Ebenezer" (Rock of Help), saying, "This marks the place where God helped us." (taken from The Message Bible, emphasis mine).
We first learned about this concept in a Beth Moore Bible study, and it stuck! Today Mom was going to go down to the creek and get a rock to plant in her garden as a reminder of what God helped them overcome during that time. What a mighty God we serve! I don't know how we would have gotten through that time without a faith in the one true God or have a relationship with Jesus or without a church family who was
always there to help. Thank you!
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