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After our second full week of the new school year, I must record how humbled I am. God has faithfully exceeded my desires in providing for exactly the curricula that our family needs. I struggle so often. I try to add way too much. I try to "fit everything in" instead of concentrating on the important. I often think about standards and test scores instead of the eternal impact of homeschooling my children from a biblical perspective. Whenever I get to that place, God reminds me of why He called me to this task in the first place. This summer He's done that alot. I knew I needed to make some changes this year. I have a third grader, a first grader, and a preschooler. For the past two years, we've done the bulk of our school in the afternoon when the now-preschooler was napping. She's old enough now, however, to do her own modified version of "school" while we school in the morning. Along with knowing that our day needed to change, I've also been struggling some over the curriuculum I had been using. I loved most of it, but desired a few changes. I knew that I wanted to add a specific science program to our day, also. Long story short, God has exceeded my expectations in every one of these changes. After much prayer and petition, He has given me a very workable schedule. He led me, without question, to the Charlotte Mason philosophy this summer (I immersed myself in it!). Are all of our days perfect? No, because they're taught by a very imperfect mother/teacher. But I feel such peace over this new year. God has impressed upon me, once again, to fully trust Him in this process....to let HIM guide me...to allow HIM to teach my children through me. Amazing that the perfect God teaches through the imperfect Mom. That's my heart's prayer. I couldn't do this without surrendering my children to His way of teaching...I would certainly fail and mess them up. The times that I forget and try to do it myself, I end up focusing on worldly standards and anxiety rules my mind. I'm so thankful to serve a God that provides for everything I need in this process. I couldn't do it otherwise. He is the Great I AM.......and i am not. |
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