"You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus, The things which you have heard from me...entrust these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also." II Timothy 2:2
It's day three and we're still on track with school and I've continued to get up before 7am. Eventually, I'd like to bump it back even earlier and start exercising, but let's not overwhelm ourselves the first week, shall we?
My morning Bible and prayer time has been going very well, and as little people wander down to join me, I begin reading aloud or simply wrap my arm around them while I pray. I don't mind; it's a precious time! It's also been wonderful to get back into Bible study with the kids. We do a lot of Bible but it has been neglected the past couple of months. It's good to be making it our priority again! I'll post sometime about everything we do for Bible, but for now I'll just share some nuggets that we've gleaned over the past few days.
SUBMISSION (excerpts from Noah Webster's 1828 Dictionary)- our synthesis of each part of the definition is in pink, imperfect as synthesis usually is, but helpful to the kids for remembering
- yielding to power or authority (Wait, Follow- we talked about traffic laws)
- surrender of the person or power to the control or government of another ("You win")
- acknowledgement of inferiority or dependence ("I need you!")
- humble or suppliant behavior (Servant's Heart)
- obedience (Just Do it!)
- compliance with the laws or commands of a superior (Obey)
- yielding of one's will to the will of a superior without murmering ("Not my way but yours")
Proverbs 2 (our synthesis and practical application in pink)
If you:
- receive My words (Read, Bible Study, Sunday School, Church)
- treasure My commandments (Memorize scripture, Obey)
- ear attentive to wisdom (Listen!)
- incline heart to understanding (Meditate, Believe, Have faith)
- cry for discernment (Pray)
- lift your voice for understanding (Pray more)
- seek her as silver (Study)
- search as for hidden treasure (Study some more)
Then you will
- discern the fear of the LORD
- discover the knowledge of God
It takes time, and work, but it's worth it!
The time in God's Word has definately been the highlight for me, but we've also enjoyed reading Farmer Boy and Johnny Tremain and everyone's glad to be doing Math (and even Phonics) again too. The copy work is still not a hit! :( I'm feeling much better, and with the summer heat wave, it's nice to enjoy the air conditioning while working on schoolwork. :) So, crazy as it is for us to be starting school in August, it's actually working out quite nicely! And just to keep it all in perspective, "Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God, who also made us adequate as servants of a new covenant , not of the letter but of the Spirit for the letter kills but the Spirit gives life." (II Corinthians 3:5-6)
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