Saturday afternoon I was researching things/curriculum I could do for Luke while he was home with me during his preschool years. I've never thought about sending Luke to preschool. He's still so young and I couldn't imagine him being in school all day. Plus I stay at home, so there's really no need for me to send him somewhere. I came across a website/blog called Confessions of a Homeschooler. She has some great curriculum, that she made herself, for preschool/K4. I decided I would look around her site some more and she has some great stuff on there! I caught myself staying on her site for several hours. She has some great ideas and organizational skills for homeschooling preschoolers and older kids as well.
Before Justin and I had children we had discussed homeschooling and I had thought I most likely would. After having Luke, and actually thinking about homeschooling I got scared. And if I'm honest I was running away from the idea of doing it all. I started telling Justin I would do it depending on where we lived. If we lived somewhere we felt comfortable sending him to school than we would. Since we've lived Tyronza I've said we would send him to Kindergarten. We know teachers there and I (thought) I felt comfortable with that idea. I kept telling people if we have a problem than we can always take him out of school and homeschool. I was in denial about what the Lord was really calling me to do.
Back to Saturday. That evening I got back on Erica's (that's the bloggers name) website and saw her reasons why they choose to homeschool. I had seen them earlier but purposefully avoided reading them because I knew I would get convicted! I began reading them and before I even finished I was in tears. All of her reasons were ones I knew I had for homeschooling my children but avoided admitting. The Lord was giving me an "interruption"...big time. I had to choose to see it as a divine intervention. I'll discuss our reasons for homeschooling at a different time. But our main reason now, is clearly because the Lord has called me to. I'm seeing it as a ministry to my children. Justin and I talked about it that night some more and I was in tears! He couldn't understand why I was crying...really I don't know either but the Lord was really dealing with me and I was emotional! Of course Justin is fully supportive of it. He said he's happy our kids won't have to use a public bathroom...typical germaphobe (I'm pretty sure that's not a word...or how to spell it if it is)
So...we will be officially homeschooling. I'm excited...I'm also scared/nervous/overwhelmed at it all. I have several things I'm concerned about that I will discuss at a later time. I know the Lord will take care of all my concerns/doubts. I am just finally at peace about our children's schooling and I have not felt that way since Luke was born. Being at peace is a great thing. I will ask you to pray for me (us) as we begin this adventure. I know Luke won't officially start until he's 5, but we will begin some preschool stuff soon. It will be very light and not long school work. There will be no pressure for him to do anything right now. I want him to enjoy being 3-4 years old!
And if I had any doubts about the Lord calling me to homeschool they were quickly gone after reading my bible study that night. Everything she discussed in my study was directly related to my situation. I had chills. I even had Justin read some. Here are a few things I underlined from it:
- "While His "call" might not always be convenient or easy, responding to it should not just be a duty but our joy"
-"He deemed you suited for a task that has heavenly implications---a task of divine partnership that will yield magnificent results for you and for His kingdom."
And this was my favorite:
Divine Intervention + Yielded Submission (equals)
ETERNAL SIGNIFICANCE
-Priscilla Shirer, Jonah: Navigating a Life Interrupted
How great is that!
I use that curriculum with Kennedy!
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