I would so love to be able to say that I am one of those women who seem to be great at everything they do. I wish I completely satisfied my husband 24/7. I wish I always had it all together and never had to worry about tramatizing my children with my mood swings and occasional outbursts. I wish I always had dinner planned, and a grocery list stuck on the frig, and the kids never had to worry about having to sit on the pot and call for someone to bring them napkins from the kitchen.

I wish I religiously sat at the computer every Sunday evening, typing out each of my children's schedules, highlighting the calendar's important events for the week, and making sure to already have any science experiment materials "in stock". As much as I love to write, I wish I could just sit down and begin one of the several book ideas I've had bumping around in my knoggin for years. The list goes on and on.

Unfortunately, I'm not that woman. I'm not that wife. I'm not that mom, home manager, or homeschool teacher. I am none of the above.

I could get really down about that. Well, let's be honest, I do get really down about it....sometimes. I think to myself, why do I even try?? I can't seem to do anything right. The older I get, the more I forget stuff. It's like my brain has become a container of mush.  

But thankfully, I've learned that that is exactly what Satan would want me to believe. And those are lies.

God's truth is the opposite. He would never want me to believe that there's no use in trying, that I can't do anything right, or that my brain is mush!! He created me. And He says that I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

David says in Psalm 19:14, "May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer." In other words, I want the things that I say to be a reflection of the things that I feel and know in my heart. This will be pleasing to God, when it's of God. I have to replace the lies that Satan whispers in my hear, with the truth of His Word.

I recently picked up Beth Moore's Believing God from my bookshelf again. She encourages you to memorize five key statements of truth:

• God is who He says He is.
• God can do what He says He can do.
• I am who God says I am.
• I can do all things through Christ.
• God's Word is living and active in me.

These are truths taken straight from God's word. When I'm feeling down, depressed, even oppressed, I can raise my Shielf of Faith by proclaiming this, and my spirit and soul are revived. I keep saying it to myself over and over again until I believe it from the inside out.

Being a homeschool parent is not an easy job.Gosh, just being a parent is a challenge. It takes time, energy, discipline, creativity, a great love for your children, and a supernatural ability sometimes that can only come from God. I'm so thankful this week for His word and how He's proven Himself my Rock again.