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Year End HomeSchool Review

 

~ Reflect ~

Reflect on this past school year...

How was my focus this year? Was I diligent?

How successful was the 'curriculum'?

Did I honor God with my school year?

Psalm 139:23 ~ " Search me, O God, and know my heart:

try me, and know my thoughts"

2 Corinthians 13:5 ~ "Examine yourselves..."

 

~ Refrain ~

Refrain from being too hard on ourselves...

If we haven't completed all there is to do... relax!

Don't let end-of-the-year 'pressure' to cause us to panic and stress.

Philippians 4:6-7 ~ "Be careful for nothing;

but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving

let your requests be made known unto God.

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding,

shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus."

 

~ Release ~

Release the guilt of any failures to the Lord...

Seek forgiveness in prayer where needed

and don't dwell on the negative.

Dust off our knees and try again.

Psalm 86:5 ~ "For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive;

and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee."

1 John 1:9 ~ " If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just

to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

 

~ Rely ~

Rely on our Heavenly Father...

Seek Him always in our homeschool endeavors

and trust Him in His leading.

Proverbs 3:5-6 ~ "Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;

and lean not unto thine own understanding.

 In all thy ways acknowledge him,

and he shall direct thy paths."

Isaiah 40:11 ~ "He shall feed his flock like a shepherd:

he shall gather the lambs with his arm,

and carry them in his bosom,

and shall gently lead those that are with young."

 

~ Renew ~

Renew our homeschool vision...

Get refocused on the purpose

we chose to home educate our children.

Deuteronomy 6:6-7 ~

"And these words, which I command thee this day,

shall be in thine heart:
  And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children,

and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house,

and when thou walkest by the way,

and when thou liest down,

and when thou risest up."

Also see Deuteronomy 11:18-21

 

~ Repair ~

Repair the damage, if there is any.

If you feel it necessary, use the summer months

to catch up on, complete, or compliment their education.

But go easy.

Ephesians 5:16a ~ "Redeeming the time..."

Colossians 4:5b ~ "redeeming the time."

 

~ Rejoice ~

Rejoice that we aren't in the alone...

The Lord is out strength.

Nehemiah 8:10b ~ "...for the joy of the LORD is your strength."

Isaiah 40:31 ~ "But they that wait upon the LORD

shall renew their strength;

they shall mount up with wings as eagles;

they shall run, and not be weary;

and they shall walk, and not faint."

 

He will equip us!

"He doesn't call the qualified... He qualifies the called."

Psalm 32:8 ~ "I will instruct thee

and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go:

I will guide thee with mine eye."

Philippians 4:13 ~ "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."

 

~ Resolve ~

Resolve to make improvements or changes where needed...

Pray for His guidance. Be convinced and determined

in our hearts and minds... and then do what we need to.

Ecclesiastes 9:10 ~ "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might..."

 

~ Remember ~

Remember what has worked and what hasn't.

Let's learn from our successes and from our mistakes

and then press on.

Philippians 3:14 ~ "I press toward the mark

for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus."

1 Corinthians 15:58 ~ "Therefore, my beloved brethren,

be ye stedfast, unmoveable,

always abounding in the work of the Lord,

forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord."

 

 

~ Christina Kubik ©May 2005