Ebenezer
Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah ans Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, "Thus far has the LORD helped us." This summer Kerri, Alan, (Micah’s Grandparents) and Micah (my son) went on a trip to DC. DC was a great trip for Micah who is fascinated with all things factual. As they walked about DC they could not help but notice that every monument that was there was some kind of Edifice to man. They felt strongly that more should be done to create monuments that testified to God and not something about man. When they returned God showed them about the Ebenezer (see 1 Sam 7:12). They decided to build something that would honor God. They turned to the family to get input as what to build, all kinds of ideas where thrown out. We thought of waterfalls, things with light, man made rock carvings, using concert.... soon it became evident that we were on the same course to build something that would be all about man and not God. We wer
