So, why did I say that homeschool moms are so prone to the disease of self-righteousness?  Well, it's because we feel so right so often!

• We compare ourselves with our neighbors
• We compare ourselves with other Christians
• Or with our children
• Or with our husbands

And, in our blindness, we come out lookin' pretty good!  Add to this that we are isolated from adults much of the time, and that our young children aren't really very discerning or articulate (so as to be able to show us our sin) and oops!  We fall so easily into self-righteousness.

Now, we can add to that thoughts like these:

• I work so hard
• No one even notices.  I am marginalized and get no respect.
• I get no bonuses, raises, and promtions: no benchmarks by which to measure success!
• My job is SO important and scary all at the same time
• And it's all on ME!!!

We need to talk truth to ourselves.  I can get into a pity-party so fast if I listen to myself talk this way!  I need to remind myself of a few important things:

1. All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
2. My log is bigger than their speck.
3. Homeschooling is God's idea, not mine. And how it all turns out is His responsibility, not mine.
4. He loves me and my kids far more than anyone else.  This is His best for us all. 
5. He's watching: will I choose to glorify Him today?
6. I am on earth to serve, and that joyfully.  It is my goal to "go Home tired!"
7. I don't deserve better: I deserve Hell. But, Jesus took that for me.
8. Yet, my rewards will be eternal, for He crowns me with compassion.

God is GOOD.  Truth is good!  I am so grateful that my self-righteous thoughts are not reality. How I love Isaiah 55:8-9 (ESV) 
    For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
        neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. 
    For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
        so are my ways higher than your ways
        and my thoughts than your thoughts.