Oct. 24, 2006 - In All Honesty.....
Homeschooling was just kind of thrown on me.....I never really pictured myself actually homeschooling my daughter. I mean I had heard of homeschooling but I just disregarded the whole thing when I tried thinking about it.
It wasn't for me...I really just always thought bad things about homechooling.
But not now....I mean I still wrestle with the call God has placed on my life. It has truly been a stuggle for me, I have had to give up a lot when I started homeschooling. I really think God is using this whole situation to make me grow and be the person He created me to be. I also feel that whatever call He has on my daughters life requires a lot, and right now homeschooling is the ONLY option!
So here I am, kicking and screaming, but doing what I know God wants me to do because I am too stressed if I don't do what He says, and nothing will ever move forward if I am not obedient!
So honestly I did not want to homeschool. I have actually been throwing a fit about the whole situation for the past year, and my husband has been the primary teacher.
But now he has to work more hours because we need more money to start flowing into this house, and that means I have to step up to the plate and be the wife and mother that God has called me to be! This includes homeschooling. To be hoenst this is the hardest thing I have ever had to do out of obedience to God!
In all honesty.............I am just doing what I am told......
God Bless,
Heather
www.CSAHM.com
Comments
Oct. 24, 2006 - Understand
Posted by momofsix
I understand your fears. I was hesitant to homeschool, also. Once you see some great fruit in your children, it will really make it all worth it (deeper relationships with them, hearts sold out for the Lord without the compromises of the world getting a hold of them like the public schools, etc.). Anyway, I just wanted to mention that I find the Vision Forum tapes and homeschool tapes really help to encourage you to look for the prize. God bless.
Oct. 24, 2006 - Hello :)
Posted by ladyhawk82158
Glad to have you as a friend!
I think if I were to actually sit down and think about it, the actual "schooling" part of homeschooling can get me down. After a few years of this now, I have learned that homeschooling is not just the educational side of life...it is living life.
There are so many ways to be teaching a child, a lot without them even knowing their learning! For examply, one thing we did alot when the kids were younger was while traveling to play a game called "Stump the driver." This game consisted of them asking any question about any topic to test me to see if I had some knowledge of the topic. They would ask questions like, "how is an air conditioner made" or just about anything. The more questions I answered, the more they worked harder to try and stump me...and a few times they did! LOL
Once they asked me "If a new pond has no lily pads in or around it, how do lily pads learn to grow there?" :-O Yes, I was stumped! LOL But we came home and looked up everything we could find on the subject.
I guess this is a long-winded way to say that much of our first years were spent just simply learning to be together, to grow in our relationships and family, with some educational stuff thrown in along the way.
You are answering a calling from the Lord. He will provide each and everything you need in this journey. Cling to him.
Praying for you!
- Christine
Jan. 15, 2007 - Hi
Posted by momofsix
You will be so glad that you homeschooled. It is a bit slow for planting and waiting for a harvest, but you will see one. My husband and I first had got an appetite for homeschooling when we hired a homeschool babysitter. I was shocked at her maturity and humility. She was soo different than all the public school teenagers. We paid her to sit and answer our question for over an hour. Then I started finding myself around other homeschool teenagers. I became envious of the fruit these mothers had in their children. I say this to encourage you. You will really find a big pay off in the end. God bless you today.
Edited by momofsix on Jan. 15, 2007 at 3:41 PM
