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Welcome to Starter Templates Sites. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing! The fact of the matter is not that our past influences us today, but what part of it and in what manner do we allow it to impact our now. That statement is deep for me, I know, but it follows along with what we choose to set-up and what we do not choose to establish as memories that effect our present day. Back in Biblical days there were ways of remembering more positive life events – the building of stone altars and the naming of them.Men like Noah (Genesis 8:20), Abram (Genesis 12:7), Isaac (Genesis 26:25), Jacob (Genesis 35:1-3), and Moses (Exodus 17:15) all used the altar as memorials to God’s great work(s) in their lives at that time. They would experience the intervention of God in their lives in some way and then to remember it they would construct an altar and worship The Lord. They typically named or titled the altar to signify the miracle or provision God had granted (i.e. “The LORD is My Banner” – Exodus 17:15). And the altar was made from stone not earth. Earth-made altars were for the purpose of sacrifices. Stone-made altars were for the purpose of honoring God. Exodus 20:24-26 is the basis for this idea – “‘Make an altar of earth and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. Whenever I cause my name to be honored, I will come to...