{"id":210,"date":"2021-08-20T17:25:22","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T17:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homeschoolblogger.com\/therestfulhomeschool\/?p=210"},"modified":"2021-08-20T17:25:23","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T17:25:23","slug":"triage-homeschool-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homeschoolblogger.com\/therestfulhomeschool\/2021\/08\/20\/triage-homeschool-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Triage, Homeschool Style"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This content was originally posted at my Strength for Today<\/a> blog 4\/3\/14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cMy son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.\u201d Prov. 23:26<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our second grader has been learning a Bible verse for each letter of the alphabet. Above is her verse for M. She writes it a few times a day, and recites the whole set every day, adding on the new one for the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve been thinking about this one.  For a while. It does not say, \u201cgive me your music standards\u201d or \u201cgive me your clothing preferences\u201d. It says \u201cgive me your heart\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out of our hearts (our innermost beings, what makes us tick) everything issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKeep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.\u201d  Prov. 4:23<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The word \u201ckeep\u201d is a military term, and it means to guard. Protect it. My kids will tell you that I often admonish them to guard their hearts when it comes to friends, music, viewing, reading, and thinking habits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do I want from our kids? Three young people who have given me their outward standards and appear \u201cgood\u201d? Children whom everyone praises for their conformity?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a messy business, but I want their hearts.  It\u2019s sort of a triage. That means that there may be some things people observe in our kids, about which they may shake their heads and \u201ctsk, tsk\u201d.  But, you know what? I\u2019m starting to be okay with that.  Because I know that although not everything observable is perfect, I am aiming at a deeper target. A higher priority which will govern it all, in time. What do I want for our kids?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?\u201d Micah 6:8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I refuse to play the \u201cyou\u2019re a pastor\u2019s kid\u201d card. Their accountability transcends far beyond what people may expect of them. I want them to know it. I want them first to consider God\u2019s opinion. He looks beyond the outward appearance, and into the heart. He sees it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNeither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.\u201d Heb. 4:13<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is what I want them to pay the most attention to\u2026El Roi, \u201cthou God seest me\u201d (which is another of Katie\u2019s memory verses).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, you\u2019ll see our kids behave imperfectly. They are sinners, just like you and me. They are individuals who have to learn to discern. We are attempting to teach them.\u00a0\u00a0We are triaging.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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