On Sunday we remembered just some of the ways that God has blessed our lives. We marked a stone with a word or two and shared what God has done. It was a powerful experience for us to do together as a church but it will also be a powerful experience for you to do as a family.

If you weren’t with us on Sunday or misplaced your instructions, they are below. We’d like to encourage you to take a picture of your jar and post it on our Facebook page. Sharing your picture will encourage those within the SFN family to participate as well but may also start conversations with other friends about God’s grace and provision on your life.

Stones of Remembrance instructions

Sometimes we forget or take the good things that have happened in our lives for granted. Here’s an idea that will help you remember.

Find a pickle jar or similar transparent container, a permanent fine-point marker, and some small, smooth stones you can write on (or you can just use scraps of paper). Take a minute and ask God to remind you of some of the blessings you’ve experienced in your life during the last year. As you think of each one, thank God for it. Then write a brief description of the blessing on one of the rocks and put it in the jar.

Leave the jar in your kitchen or somewhere you pass by every day. As blessings flow into your life, give thanks, write what happened on one of these “stones of remembrance,” and toss it into the jar. If you keep it up, you’ll be amazed at how quickly your jar fills up and overflows.