Homeschooling is something I knew I would be doing with my children since I met my husband when we were 15. I was not homeschooled. I went to public school like most others. My husband was homeschooled his whole life. Back then I thought it was "cool." Though I don't remember having heard of homeschooling before I met my future husband, it was just natural that I wanted to homeschool my own children some day. So here I am, 16 years later and ready to sprout the seed that was planted so long ago.
The decision to homeschool hasn't always been an easy one for me. Having 3 young children in the house has been stressful at times and I have thought about sending our children to public school. But I knew that was taking the easy route. No one has said homeschooling is easy, but many parents and children both have shared the blessings that have come from homeschooling.
So why are we homeschooling? It's not even a decision we have really sat down and discussed much. So I don't even know if I could put it into writing. Or even in one post if I could. As Christians, we want to raise our children up in the admonition of the Lord, and having our children home with us not only will teach them the ways of the Lord, but it is also giving them a relationship with us that they would never receive in a public school. We are investing SO much in our children when we homeschool.
I'm excited at what the next year (years) have in store for us. I'm hoping my next post will talk about my plans for this coming school year.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
A Psalm 34 Introduction
Hello and welcome! I am beginning a new journey preparing and planning for a new road. My oldest child, Joel will begin Kindergarten in a few months and we will be homeschooling! In the near future, I will be writing about our plans for Kindergarten and our young preschoolers.
A few months ago we had a visitor come to our door trying to sell us insurance for cancer. He tried to convince us that we needed it for financial support, emotional support, fears, and many, many other reasons. We kindly told him no, and when he left, my husband and I were talking about our God can take care of all those things. And I pointed at a Psalm 34, a chapter we have framed in our living room and nearly every word confirmed to us that our God is MORE than able to take care of us in all our needs.
So here I encourage you to read Psalm 34, a scripture that has and will continue to bless our home.
I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together. I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing. Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD. What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all. He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken. Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate. The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate. Psalm 34
A few months ago we had a visitor come to our door trying to sell us insurance for cancer. He tried to convince us that we needed it for financial support, emotional support, fears, and many, many other reasons. We kindly told him no, and when he left, my husband and I were talking about our God can take care of all those things. And I pointed at a Psalm 34, a chapter we have framed in our living room and nearly every word confirmed to us that our God is MORE than able to take care of us in all our needs.
So here I encourage you to read Psalm 34, a scripture that has and will continue to bless our home.
I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together. I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing. Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD. What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all. He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken. Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate. The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate. Psalm 34
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