Jul. 7, 2009 - Homeschooling Thoughts
I have been thinking about what is important, which, as a home schooling mother, no doubt, you do all the time. Having recently joined Facebook I have reconnected with friends that we met whilst overseas serving as dorm parents in a missionary kid school. They have strong traditions about graduation and all the celebrations that go along with it. Sometimes, when I think about all this it leaves me feeling deflated. What is going to happen to signify the graduation of my children? I imagine that we will take them out to dinner or something like that. The Lord will open up a door for them to study further, travel (possibly overseas with us to the mission field for a gap year) or get a job. Compared to many, we have no big plans for year 12. Considering I have two high school students that might shock some people. But what is important after all? I think it has got to be their heart. I have seen some photos and comments on facebook from former students of the school I was referring to earlier that saddened me. One girl poses in a coffin for her profile photo. I am left wondering what happened to her cheerful disposition? I have also been cheered by others from the same school who reflect a warm heart for the things of God. My point is, its not the ceremonies, the traditions and the certificates that make a person. We are living lives without all that. What matters, I think, is our children's heart for God. Homeschooling allows us the privilege of discipleship. That is something I am praying will make a difference in their lives for a lifetime.
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Hi! My name is Linda. I am a disciple of Christ, living in Northern Australia, wife to Greg for 16 yrs & home educating mother of four children.
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