Hello dear homeschooling one. Come on in to the family room and sit down by the fire. I have made you some cinnamon tea and peanut butter cookies.

Do you ever get discouraged and feel like your kids might not be getting enough benefits from going to school at home? Maybe you don’t have a teaching degree, or a degree of any kind for that matter. People think you’re weird. You get grumpy. Lately I’ve been thinking about how many times homeschoolers listen to the whispers of the evil one. “You aren’t educated enough to teach your kids. You are making them suffer for your dream.” He can make quitting sound downright noble!

The devil focuses on big things when he is trying to discourage you; (your lack of formal education, no formal sports programs or academic teams for the kids.) Although these are quite available to homeschoolers in big cities, homeschooling in small towns or out in the country is still a pretty solitary existence. There is a whole different discussion we could have about the benefits of solitude, but these are real issues when homeschooling. My premise is that it’s the little things in homeschooling that matter the most.



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Little Basket of Love

God chooses the weak things of the world to confound the wise. He just loves showing His glory by doing great things through unlikely people: Gideon, the woman at the well, and homeschooling parents like you! When Jesus needed to feed a multitude, He used a little boy’s lunch. That little boy offered his lunch to the Lord before the Lord could use it. We must offer our humble efforts to Jesus and trust Him to multiply the benefits.

Don’t try to explain this at Thanksgiving dinner. They won’t get it. (Woops! There’s always next year.) In God’s peculiar way, He chooses the ones who get it. He has given us instructions:  These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.  Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.  Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.  Deuteronomy 6:6-8