When my husband told me about these audio podcasts at Focus on the Family last week, it immediately brought to mind what I had read in None Dare Call It Education by John Stormer, which I have been talking about a whole bunch lately. That's because it's on my mind and in my heart. Honestly, I feel like I am taking a really interesting college course, and finding all these different parts of my life that coincide with and add to what I am learning. That's the nature of life-long learning right?
In fact, I was talking to my friend yesterday about how scary this stuff is, and she reminded me of my own words -- talking about how God is in control of all of this; and He placed us here in the midst of a dying nation and we can trust Him. Okay, so I didn't say it exactly like that, but that is the gist of it!
Then as I was writing up a note for an e-mail group in which I participate, I recalled these verses.
Luke 21:32-36
"I tell you the truth, this generation[a] will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you unexpectedly like a trap. For it will come upon all those who live on the face of the whole earth. Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man."
Matthew 24:12-14
"Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come."
One of my favorite verses is in Acts, when Paul is preaching to the Athenians.
"From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us."
The bottom line is; We try not to insist on parent-led learning or gravitate toward child-led learning. We try instead to focus on God-led learning and ask for His input and perspective on every aspect of our home school. That way, when others fuss about what Dan and I are doing and make me second guess our decisions -- I can go back to our decision process and find God's fingerprints, reminding me that this is His way.
