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It seems like only yesterday as I think back upon the season in my life (mid to late 20's) that the Lord was calling my family to homeschool. Dave (my hubby) and I had started to take quite an interest in how families and citizens with a desire for righteousness should become active in politics in some way, shape or form. After attending a prolife banquet, a very older and wise woman who was very involved in the pro family movement took me under her wing. She invited me to pro family meetings where I learned so much about issues facing our country and how my family could help make a difference. Dave and I ran for county commission seats since there had been no prior interest in our neighborhood. As the meetings continued I learned for the first time of a whole new way to educate our children, it was called HOMESCHOOLING! My wise mentor friend, (her name is Anne Z.) gave me the phone numbers of a few local homeschoolers.I was ready for this homeschooling thing, all systems go UNTIL FEAR crept in. As more friends and family began to question our descision and raise doubts in our minds, my aforementioned confidence began to dwindle. I found what I believed to be the best "boxed" curriculum that I could find and we plugged away, but the fear remained. Now looking back I can see that I did not consult the Lord about this fear of mine. I assumed that since our curriculum was filled with Godly terms and references that SURELY the Lord would approve of it! But the Lord was very patient with me. In order to overcome my fear of ruining my children, the Lord laid these words heavy upon my heart;
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
2 Timothy 1:7
I read this verse to my self quite often.
As time went on and as the fear began to subside the Lord then taught me that His way of education is very different from what I had known and been used to.
And be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of yourmind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Romans 12:2
He taught me that He held the key to all learning and would provide everything that we need as a family and that learning was not only something to accomplish from 9 to 5 but that we should adapt a lifestyle of learning and that He is to remain at the center or head of it all. We do have a schedule that we TRY to stick to because our Lord is a God of order and not chaos but we work around those necessary interuptions (heavy on the necessary here)!
We love the path that the Lord has placed us upon and we recommend homeschooling to everyone that we can, escpecially the Body of Christ.
Well, in a nutshell, that sums up a small portion of our first steps to a lifetime of learning!
In His Love,
This post originated from a homework assignment as part of the Talk-A-Latte * Back to the Heart of Homeschooling * Fall Homeschool Seminar Series * Taught by Cindy Rushton * Come and join us!
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