I had the wonderful opportunity to go hear our legislative liaison speak to a group of homeschoolers this week. Treon spoke on the situation in CA., and covered our homeschool statute and we had a great question and answer time. But the most important part of this meeting was that God was glorified. He was not just mentioned lightly, but He was invoked. He was lifted up, quoted and was the first and foremost reason that we were all at the meeting. We have chosen to do what we believe the Lord has told us to do; homeschool our children. And we have Him as our "superintendent."
Treon read some things to us out of a book called (I think) "Lies Homeschool Moms and Dads Believe." I plan to look that up real quick here. It was hilarious! But oh, so true. We can get so caught up in those lies, and the what-ifs and the fear factor of homeschooling. But Fear is the absence of Faith. We can't run our lives by fearing, we can only live by Faith.
We might not be able to see the future, but God knows.
One of the wonderful things Treon said was "Our homeschools take on the personality of our families." Boy, isn't that the truth?
We are unique.
We are a one of a kind.
We are different than any other family on this earth.
Each one of us is unique, and all aspects of our homeschool are unique.
So why do we try to fit into someone else's idea of what we should be doing? We have to answer to God, not the neighbor or relative or pastor or whoever, who might be questioning our motives and methods.
We have to remember that God has a plan and a purpose for our children. We need to allow God to be God. We don't have to prove anything to anybody! We must let God direct our homeschooling. He promises to never leave us nor forsake us.
If you are feeling forsaken and discouraged, then you must remember that those feelings are from the enemy. You must be open to the leading of the Holy Spirit in ALL things, and to some of us, homeschooling IS all things.
Homeschooling parents, get behind those who fight for your rights at the state level. Join www.parentalrights.org and get behind those who are fighting for you at the national level. When things all around us seem to be against us, remember this:
2 Cornithians 5:7.
Have a blessed week!
Nancy
p.s. Tomorrow is the day we are picking winners for Tammy Cardwell's eBook, "The Homeschool That Handles the Hard Times." Get over to our blogs and comment so you can get in on the contest!
