TO YOU?
Today's reading: Joshua 1-5

"...In the future, your children will ask, What do these stones mean to you? Then you can tell them..." Joshua 4:6-7 NLT

I like the wording in this translation.

It says, What do these stones mean to you?

To you.

Not to your religion. Not to your denomination. Not to your church affiliation. Not to your circle of friends. Not to your Bible study friends. Not to your church friends who might be listening in on your answer or watching for your response.

What the memorial of stones mean to you?

When our kids ask, they're not asking for a deeply theological answer. They're not looking for what the preacher would say. They aren't wanting to hear what the world is already screaming in their ears. They aren't even looking for what they know they've heard some time or another in Sunday School...they want to know what it means to you.

So, what does your faith mean to you?

The monument built in your life to God, why is it there? How did it come to be? What brought you to the point in life where you realized your desperate need for Him? How did He come to be all you needed/wanted/desired/sought after/longed for?

What does He mean to you? Yes, you.