Look whose blogging at HSB
Aug. 23, 2005 at 6:58 PM
Blogging
Scott Scomerville has started a blog called Somerschool (fitting name!) at Homeschoolblogger.com. Here's some of his first post.
From my vantage point at HSLDA, I've gotten to know a lot of families here one or more children has turned away. Sometimes it's easy to see why--a self-righteous and controlling mother, or an angry father who "exasperates" his children instead of modelling the Heavenly Father's love. But there are other times when there is no earthly reason why a child should turn away.
If homeschooling was a magic "recipe" that always turned out good little Christians, it would be perplexing. Why would Jesus need to die on a cross if we could get the same results with an educational method?
If God ignored the faitfh and prayers of parents who lay down their lives to lead their children to Christ, it would be perplexing. When Jesus tells us to ask "anything" in His name, surely He meant to include the thing we long for most: the salvation of our children!
For now, I resolve my perplexities by reminding myself that these children who turn away are still children, in a real sense. They have a lot of life ahead of them. It is right for us to weep over them as they stray... but they are prodigals, by and large, and the story isn't over yet. Let us keep asking our Heavenly Father to bring them home!
Wise words from a father of 6 who understands who is really in control of our children.
Scott is a staff attorney with HSLDA. His wife Marcia is the author of Tapestry of Grace curriculum. It is great to see him blogging here. I plan on making his blog a daily read.
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posted by underthesky on Aug. 24, 2005 at 1:45 AM
I think he is right. I was just reading someone else's blog who was writing about this very thing. I wrote this: "I feel that sometimes we as parents are so concerned with ~obedience~ that the joy of living and of being together as a family is lost in the concern for it." I think that is a real danger of losing perspective on the gifts we have been given in our children. I also think it is easy to think that if we do ABC then XYZ will result. Salvation is always a gift of the Lord lest we forget it and place our hope in our lifestyles!
As always, a great post, Spunky.
Kate