Raise an Ebenezer

 An Ebenezer commemorates the time in which Aaron and the Israelites crossed the Jordan River. Each Israelite tribe left a stone stacked one upon the another as a way to remind them of what the Lord had done for them.  In modern times we call these cairns.  A cairn is a human-made pile of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound. The word cairn comes from the Scottish Gaelic: càrn. Cairns have been and are used for a broad variety of purposes. In prehistory, they were raised as markers, as memorials and as burial monuments 

Cairns are small piles of rock, set along the path. They do not tell you which trail you're on, or have an arrow pointing out a direction. These rudimentary yet beautiful trail markers show us the way. Over a long open area, we can see more than one cairn, and so make our way from one to the next.

Each person can decorate a stone and then stack them one atop the other.  Each stone lists one thing this person has done for them, a legacy they have left for others to remember them by and also gives direction to their lives.      

This can be done on a particular trail or site or can even be done at the graveside over a particular holiday or event, such as Christmas, their birthday or Memorial Day.