One concern among homeschoolers pertains to obtaining resources to give their children a quality education. I have seen homeschoolers frantically worrying about which curriculum is the best for their child. They wonder with trepidation and fear if they are giving their children the best in educational experiences. Their inadequacies prevail and they run helter-skelter from one program to another.

How good is the God we adore. His kingdom rules over everything. He is our Jehovah Jaireh, our provider. He owns the cattle on a thousand hills, the wealth in every land, and the treasure troves of knowledge. The children He has given us are not ours, but His and their future is in His hands. Psalms 139 assures us that each day of theirs has been planned. Then why do we fret? God wants us to trust His goodness and watch Him work. He will bring resources that pertain to His purpose and plan for each child at the right time. He will provide. He is intimately concerned about everything that happens to them. God want us to teach them to trust Him and tell them of His goodness.

I have had numerous instances that testify of God being interested in what we are learning, providing means and resources for the children at the right time. I will mention a few.

A few years ago, we decided to study the nation of Austria as a family. We read Maria Von Trapp's autobiography. We invited friends who were from Austria for an Austria Day at our house complete with an Austrian meal, music from the composers, and presentations from all the children. Right after that, we heard of a presentation of the Sound of Music (the musical of the Von Trapp family) at a nearby centre. That weekend we read in the newspaper of descendants of the Von Trapp family being in our city to send CARE packages to Austria, a tradition they have continued from the years after World War II. We also found out that that specific family were evangelical Christians who homeschool, too! Soon after, there was a show of Lippizanner horses, complete with dressage in our city, followed by the Vienna Boys Choir - all within a couple of months and affordable for us to see! All these have never come to our area since then, and certainly not at the same time period. i could not call that a coincidence.

Another time, I sat with the children and taught them about birds, making mention of the James Audubon Society. The door bell rang, and we opened it to see a package at the door dropped off by our faithful man in brown (UPS), sent from a friend of mine. We opened it to find a gift of an Audobon clock that had pictures of birds and made bird calls specific to the respective birds at each hour! The beauty of this story is that my friend had not known that I was teaching the children about birds!

We were studying different explorers, when we received a magazine that month that had a story of a Christian explorer.

We were listening to stories about persecuted Christians, when the Lord brought into our home videos and dvds of stories of persecuted Christians, books, etc all without us conciously planning it all. He wanted us to think and pray specifically about our willingness to be faithful to Him at all costs, and to pray intelligently for others who are tried constantly for their faith.

The time would fail to be enough to tell of all the wondrous ways God has led us in our homeschooling. He leads us every day and moment. Simply trusting, we go forth, doing all things as unto Him. He is our exceedingly great reward.