we made a big decision…
In my journey of healing from the lies I believed from society, I have found a lot of freedom in saying yes to things I did not think were for me. Especially the things I saw other mothers doing that looked so fulfilling but cause me to have the very convincing thought, “I could NEVER do that. It just isn’t for me.” Have you ever had thoughts like that? Where you believe that you’re being “honest/real” with yourself but you are actually falling deeper and deeper into the lie of the enemy? I did not realize I was doing this exact thing until I started saying yes to the things fear told me I wasn’t capable of doing.
After working more than full time for almost three years, we have taken a step in faith to bare down my time outside of the home so that I can be with our children and care for our family and home in a way that I have not been able to the past three years. I never thought there would again be a time that I long to be home with our children, but God has been so faithful to the desires of my heart even when I chose to bury them way down deep.
the big decision…
Since I will be home more than working outside of the home, we have made the prayerful decision to homeschool. We feel strongly that the Lord is calling us to be the ones to foster the hearts of our children and their gifting’s through the area of education. Siggy and Eloise both have had a wonderful school year. Siggy has finished up kindergarten and is heading to first grade! Eloise finished up preschool and will be heading to kindergarten! They both had amazing teachers who did an amazing job educating our kids. So this decision for us is not one that is attached to a trauma filled school year with horror stories. It is solely attached to our obedience to the Lord for our family in this next leg of our journey.
The Lord spoke to my heart recently that more confirmed our decision and grew this desire in my heart even more…
In the Word of God, in the chapter of John, the author tells about Jesus turning water into wine. His mother was the one to see that the wedding celebration was running out of the wine. She asked Jesus to do something about it because SHE KNEW WHO HER SON WAS. From the time she became pregnant and throughout Jesus’ life, Mary allowed the Father to show her who her son was. I am sure she took the time to foster His heart and learn about who He was as the Son of God and the Son of man.
My heart was moved while seeing this story in a different way. If I do not know the deep ways of the hearts of my children, how will I ever call forth their purpose and gifting in their life? As parents, the Lord gives us these amazing children to raise and guide through their growing years but if we never take the time to truly get to know them, are we fulfilling all that God calls us to within the lives of our children?
For our family, this looks like aligning our daily life to one that is focused on time intentionally spent together.
So, here is to homeschooling and following God’s voice in the realm of creative education for our children.