Two years ago I prayed about Homeschooling Amanda. God has shown me that this is my mission field and this is what I need to be doing for Him. BUT...
Today in English, Amanda had to write a compare & contrasting paper. You know, using a Vien Diagram, rough draft, revising and final copy. In the paper she needed an introduction, comparing paragraph, contrasting paragraphs and her conclusion.
I would have rather had a root canal performed on me at that time. The thought of the needle entering my gum to numb the pain would have been much more pleasant! Because my child HATES to write. How do you get a 10 year old to write in detail??
Now, she can tell me about Hanna Montana in detail. She also knew the details of the story about Mary and Martha when Jesus came to visit. How Mary was the one who washed His feet with oil, Martha doing all that work...
And hard headed!!! That can only come from her father's side. If I say black, she says white.
I don't know how to get her to put it in writing and to enjoy it. I don't mind writing, not that I'm any good at it, as you can see from my post. But for me it's a way of getting things off my mind and express myself. Because I tend to be, for lack of a better word...blunt.
I ran across this quote from Charles Spurgeon: "You are as much serving God in looking after your own children, and training them up in God's fear, and minding the house, and making your household a church for God, as you would be if you had been called to lead an army to battle for the Lord of hosts."
After today's English lesson, I think I might need to look for another mission field or that army to lead to battle for the Lord.
I'm so glad that we will be taking next week off! Maybe that's what we need, a break. So we can come back and start anew.
Oh, who am I kidding!! At least that sounded pretty good.
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Sometimes it would feel better to shoot yourself in the foot than to push through a hard homeschooling day.
Keep it up Dreama. I really like the quote from Spurgeon. Here is one that goes with it from the Apostle Paul, that could serve as the mantra for all the Godly women ministering to their children and families through the selfless and sacrificial work of homeschooling:
"Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." Gal. 6:9
Oh wow...I've been here there before with my eldest and have a feeling that I will be there again with my youngest. Sorry for you rough day. I remember that when I first decided to homeschool I had visions of us all laying out on my grandmother's patch-work quilts and reading classic literature, walking along lake-sides in search of real science, or traveling to some historically relevant site. You know what?...We've done those things and many more like them. These are the things that I'm sure my kid's are going to remember when they are grown. You know how come I know that? Cause when I talk to MY mother now she can hardly recall the bad days of motherhood ( she swears that we were perfect), and my own memories vouch for that too ( cuz now I think that she was a nearly perfect mother!!!). Time and unconditional love will paint our memories with a pretty pink haze...it will all turn out just fine...deep breath, deep breath.
p.s. I think it is time to plan another field trip!
p.p.s Yes, Buddy is right, and may I add that ONE DAY (not tomorrow) she WILL rise up and call you blessed!!!
Hey all she needs to know is the Gospel and ship her to the mission field! lol jk jk.
I am a homeschool mom of one and the other is in public. Everytime I think I will pull the oldest I am reminded of what it is like just to get homework or a shirt picked up. It's hard. I go back and forth. And the California court decision scares me a little too. Who knows.
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