I believe I am in a time of refreshing and even re-focusing in our homeschool journey.  This article written by Barb Shelton was like a breath of fresh air and it encouraged my heart.  Many of the things she discusses were a re-confirmation and just made me want to jump up and down and holler AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.homeschooloasis.com/art_refreshing_and_re-focusing_the_hrt_of_the_hser.htm

I believe this article serves as a word to me from the Lord especially the part about being liberated from what public schools do and even think about homeschool(ers)(ing).  I would find myself comparing our day with the public school and we would come up short each time-in my mind that is...how discouraging.  But thru this season of burnout and much discouragement that I felt God allowed me to go that far down so that I could really see what HE defined as education and what was really happening was that He was taking me on a road that was yes different from what public school was about-we did things different and think differently therefore that is why everytime I compared us with them we looked different.  Well, that is how we are supposed to look-that is how God was taking our homeschool.  After I came to the 'end' of myself(I had no idea what was wrong with me and had no idea how to make it better or how to get out of this 'stupor' I was in) did the Lord begin to show me that His definition of education is different than what the world says...that is echoed in this article. 

In her 7 Pillars of Education Barb points out in item #6 she did not find that in the Word but I say it is in there...The 'dominion mandate' that God gave Adam and Eve(and to us) to have dominion, subdue, master our environment all to the glory of God will fit in with item #6 and #7.

I encourage you to take the time to read this article.  Barb has many, many articles on her website that just bless me and I'm sure will bless you too. :-D

http://www.homeschooloasis.com/art_refreshing_and_re-focusing_the_hrt_of_the_hser.htm