Placing stones for our children to remember

Reading in the book of Joshua today I came across an incredible picture of what we should be doing for our children. As Joshua prepares the people to enter the promise land, there is a point where they have to cross the Jordan River. Joshua is instructed by God exactly how this should happen. The priests are to step into the river holding the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When they do God promised that He would show His power to the people by drawing back the water for them to pass by. As part of this Joshua was instructed by God to have 1 man from every tribe to take a stone from the river. The people passed over and the stones were carried and placed by Joshua as a memorial. I love what Joshua says here:

"When your children ask in time to come, 'What do those stones mean to you?' then you shall tell them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. So these stones shall be to the people of Israel a memorial forever." Joshua 4: 5-7

This was an incredible reminder that God had been faithful to His people yet, again. I am reminded that my daughter needs to see God's work in me. Even through trials and times when I feel weak she needs to see that God is faithful. When we receive blessing and are able to clearly see God's hands at work I want her to be able to see me laying stones to remember His goodness. I am much like the Israelites I am quick to forget that God has taken me out of the wilderness of my sin, and brought me the the promised land of freedom and forgiveness. My prayer that my daughter will one day ask about the "stones" she sees in my life and that I will be able to say this was just another example of God's faithfulness to me!