The Bible tells us that faith is the evidence of things unseen. I thought that fit with what was on my mind lately; is our unschooling producing any fruit? What is fruit, and how do I get it in my homeschooling/unschooling endeavor?
We all produce fruit of some kind. I got to thinking about it. First, the seeds must be planted. That is what all homeschoolers are doing, whether it is well planned out seed, or accidental seed. Then we have to consider the soil, the nourishment and environment. All these variables factor in the fruit to be produced.
The organic farm that we have worked on has a program where people pay am amount to the farmer so he can buy good seed, pay for water if needed, and get everything planned out for a good harvest. What he can't do, is foresee the weather. So the shareholders in essence, are betting on the famer. With homeschooling, we have "fruit" in mind when we raise our children.
We can't see the storms ahead, we hope we get all the weeds pulled before they overtake the "crop" we are growing, but we do have control over the climate, the watering and nourishment of our children. We do also have control over the training. And the pruning. Kids grow like weeds, but they also can learn to bend in a certain direction and grow strong and sure.
A farmer doesn't always see the fruit of what he has planted. Neither does a parent. But we have to trust that the "master" gardener, has put these little sprouts into our hands for us to train in His ways. Then whether storms come, or drought, or the weeds of the world seem to want to obliterate our seedlings, we can trust that the fruit will come; even if we don't see it right now.
Homeschooling, parenting, life; in these nobody knows the outcome except God. We can't see the future and we have to trust that He knows what is best. He is working on our behalf at all times, even when it seems like we are up to our ears in mud and thorns.
Psalm 1
"Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinner, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper."
Nancy
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