It was the first week of school and I was already aggravated. My dear 12 year old daughter needed to start her Latin lesson for the first time; a leftover from the previous school year. I asked her where the necessary DVD set of lectures were and she gave me a stereotypical 12 year old response. "You had it last. I don't know where YOU put it". After a gentle reminder that she was responsible for her own school supplies and that we absolutely couldn't move forward in Latin without the DVD's she began her search for the missing set.
Nearly an hour of her time was wasted before she broke into tears of desperation. The DVD's were gone, gone, gone! She had looked everywhere! Her brother helped her look searching out an armoire used for school storage, several bookcases and of course her desk. Frustrated by the lack of responsibility and the seeming black hole that had obviously taken residence in our home I told my daughter that the DVD's must be found or, or, or......Well, I really didn't know what, but certainly purchasing a new set was not an option.
I helped her in her search and her father did too. We checked the bookcases, other DVD boxes, the DVD player.....nothing, nada, zip. Frustrated I lectured my daughter again about responsibility as I tried to spur on a loose memory in her. She was in tears and my heart began to melt. She had no idea what to do next and I reminded her that we hadn't prayed about the situation. She nodded, sniffed and the two of us took that moment to surrender our DVD problem to God.
"Lord, you are all knowing and certainly know where these silly DVD's are. Please, God if it is your will help us to find these DVD's because we cannot find them on our own."
The next day we had a history lesson about the Martyrs of the early church. My daughter's assignment was to write out her testimony or a story about how God had worked in her life. As she finished her assignment she walked to the nearby bookcase to return the history text. I was in another room chatting on the phone with a friend who suddenly placed me on call waiting. As I waited patiently for her return I heard my daughter yell at me from the other room.
"Mom! Did you put this here?"
"What?" I answered.
Micah, my dear 12 year old daughter, brought forth......the Latin DVD's!
"Where did you find them"? I queried.
"You will NEVER believe this", she said. "They were sitting right on the bookcase when I went to return the history book!"
"Had they fallen down behind another book"? I asked.
"No!" she exclaimed. "They were RIGHT THERE!"
I smiled at the obvious gift that God had given to me and Micah. Our simple prayer had been answered and right at the moment that Micah was focused on thinking of Him as a result of a history assignment. I asked her if she had told God thank you for finding them and she said not yet.
I said, "Well THANK YOU God! for finding the silly DVD's for us and showing us once again who is really in charge".
My friend was back from her call waiting interruption and I couldn't wait to tell her about the miracle at our house. Homeschooling at its best!
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Sep. 29, 2009 - latest blog
Posted by Mom
Another good one. No wonder I have not heard from you this week between your blog and your reviews. LOL