So it's "Boot Camp" in the Verlennich household... that's right... Mamma's fed up with the clutter and excess "stuff" that has invaded our home.  Attitudes have been at an all time high (including mine) and my home is slowly falling apart, right along with the house.

Home... house... what's the difference?  Well, to me, my house is what I live in.  It's the shelter that's provided to my family.  I refer to it when I talk about cleaning or the "state" of chaos in which it's in.   My home... now that's a matter of the heart and every day I strive to keep one for my children and have one for my husband to come to when he gets back from work.  As a wife and mother, it's my goal because I know that it pleases the Lord.

So... we've been cleaning, de-cluttering, and organizing like crazy.  But for "school" (aside from the older ones doing math and language arts), we've been working on our hearts.  WHAT?  No, school?!  That's right... the issues of the heart are much more important to me... and the Lord ("Keep vigilant watch over your heart; that's where life starts."  Prov. 4:23 (The Message)) and so this week, while we've been getting our house in order, something even more important has been happening within our shelter... we're fighting the "good fight" to restore the hearts of those residing in it.  It's hasn't been easy, and it may take longer than a week, but this is what I've been called to do as a mother... before being a homeschooler... and while my children do need to know how to read and write... they will one day stand before the Lord, and the heart they bring, is the one I am tending to today.
A Mother's Prayer...

In Him,
Amy

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