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The Byrd's Nest
Oct. 24, 2006
Ah..... reality
| Our homeschooling days have been blissful and the kids happy and eager....... until yesterday. Yesterday was one of those days that make me daydream about public school. Of course, I am not serious about that, however, those difficult days can be oh - so trying. Yesterday, my oldest supplied a steady litany of complaints, my second professed difficulties with almost every assignment and my third child cried off an on all day. I did not get a shower until after school ended. Unfolded laundry began forming mountains in my laundry room and the house generally was a disaster. Everything in my vision was a reminder of what I still needed to do. Add to that an afternoon orthodontist appointment, shopping that had to be done, a trip to the library to return late library books and the snacks I volunteered to make for our homeschool meeting last night and I was ready to head for the hills. Psalm 46 states:
"God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging."
Well, the earth has not given way yet and the mountains have not fallen into the heart of the sea (although I wouldn't mind if those mountains of laundry fell away of their own accord). If the Lord can sustain during those kinds of trying times, then I suppose He can sustain me through a bad day of homeschooling and beckoning housework. The good days return....... today is already a vast improvement! My kids finished all their morning work early and now we get to have lunch with Dad! The fantasies of public school recede and once more I'm grateful for this blessing of being able to homeschool my children. |
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