Homeschooling?

This week I've had the pleasure of taking the boys to "a Good Work" (another post) with the church's youth group and enjoyed my time with just Luci...doing some household chores, going to get groceries, and just cuddling Luci. (Here's how the days went: bicker, squawk, fight...drop off boys...peace peace peace...pick up boys...bicker, squawk, fight. Sounded a lot like Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom show on predatory birds.) It was very seductive to this homeschooling mama. But sending them to "regular school" is not what we believe is what God wants us to do for these kids. And that trumps everything: doing what we believe God's will for us is.

On Thursday, as I was having these thoughts of "what if...," I received this email from Alpha Omega Publications. They send this out daily, and it has proven to be right on target for me several times just in the past month alone. If you are considering homeschooling, this is a Daily Focus for you!

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Daily Focus is from Alpha Omega Publications. You can receive the daily emails through a link near the bottom of the page listed here.

The Homeschooling Fight

Thursday, July 3, 2008

"I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith." (2 Timothy 4:7)



Christian education is a spiritual battle which must be fought by every homeschooling parent. The desire to see our children raised according to the standards of God's Word requires more than wishful thinking. We must ever be alert to Satan's schemes and the world's ways to suck our children into the main stream of ungodly learning. We must be willing to risk popularity and acceptance to lead our children down an educational path that declares God is at the center of all things and the beginning of all creation. Most of all, we must declare our own love for Christ and be willing to crucify the flesh and its selfish desires in order to win our children's hearts to the Lord.



The great men and women of faith mentioned in Hebrews 11 are listed as our inspiration to hold fast to God's truths. Like Abraham, we must be willing to follow the Lord wherever He leads. Like Moses, we must be willing to give up the pleasures of life to serve a higher purpose. Like Rahab, we must have faith to believe that what the Lord says is true. Like Noah, we must face opposition daily, even if it takes years to complete the task that God has given. Like countless others who never saw the results of their faith, we must cling courageously to the future promise that God will bless the work of our hands in the lives of generations to come (Psalm 112:2).



Are you feeling the temptation to give up on homeschooling? Sending your children to public school next fall may seem appealing, but it's simply taking the easy way out. If the Lord has led you to teach your children, pray for the courage and wisdom you need to stand firm and fight. Raising your children in the Lord is as much a spiritual battle as resisting temptations for yourself. Don't give in to the lies and harassment of those around you. Fight for the hearts and minds of your children and for the work that God can do through their lives in winning countless souls to Christ.



Lord,

Renew Your passion within me today to homeschool and teach my children Your truths. Guide us as we prepare for schooling in the fall and show me how to hold fast when taking an easier road seems much more appealing.

In Jesus' name, Amen.