So why a place?

Just this weekend a woman was accused of cheating by her husband. She swears it isn't true. He does not care. Where is God in people's lives? As a young woman pointed out God does not show up. He is omnipresent. We show up. The altars are to be reminders of God. What can God do in my life? The life of my family? They are meant to be a calling to the beginning of a tradition of prayer and family. Just as some altars were to be memorials, these are to be a beckoning to remind people of who He is. Today you may be in need of a financial break through. God is Jehvah Jireh, the God of provision. The same God who met Abraham with provision as e prepared to sacrifice his son, Isaac, on the stone altar. Out of the brush, ram got tangled up and became the sacrifice, the provision. A couple who meets at the altar daily to pray and seek His face will find the idea of infidelity incomprehensible. Or the thought of unforgiveness wrongful.

Our country is spiraling out of control. Finances are dwindling, houses being lost and children killing others. We need a reminder of who we are and who we are called to be. We need to develop places of prayer for our families, our friends and our nation. There is no intrinsic value to these pieces. They do not have special powers. They are designed to be a reminder of death to one's self. They are to encourage us to pray, to seek God.

"Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves." Philippians 2:3, KJV.
"Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind let each of you regard one another as more important than himself." Philippians 2:3. NASV.

When we sit at the place of reverence towards God we see others in a better light, and we feel compelled to hold them up higher than ourselves.

So, why a place? A call to pray.