The Adventures of Homeschooling

I've created a new blog dedicated solely to homeschooling.

Check it out at: http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Adventures-of-Homeschooling

I am very much looking forward to homeschooling my two oldest children (possibly my three year old, too).

I'm going to keep track of our adventures in homeschooling at the above website. Be sure to go there, bookmark it and keep track with us if you are interested!

Focus

My word for the day is: focus. I seriously need to focus on the right things!

Distractions abound--I am letting myself be eaten alive by them.
It's like I can't stop....or maybe I don't want to stop being distracted. That's horrible, but probably very honest.

Distractions are dangerous...If I'm not focused on what I need to do, some important events, doings, happenings and such might fly right by me!!!

Now I've recognized my problem...time to take steps to fix it.
Or will I distract myself out of doing that, too?

I do know one thing for sure: distractions are NOT peaceful.

Distractions involve a lot of busy-work: but nothing of true importance ever really gets done!

Come on self! What are you waiting for? Get with the program!

Focus! Focus! Focus....

Enjoy that Brownie You Got Part II

How am I enjoying what I have? And what is it that I have that I need to enjoy instead of trying to look for more and other things to enjoy?

That would first be my husband. How can I enjoy my husband? What are some things I might be doing that are keeping me from enjoying my husband? Unforgiveness for an inevitable hurt? Spending time doing other things without spending any time with him? Is all my time taken up with good things, yet those good things don't include my husband?

Secondly, I defiantely need to make sure and enjoy my children. What are some ways that I can enjoy my children? What are some things that might be keeping me from enjoying my children? Frustration? A feeling of overwhelmedness? Lack of support?

Time to shift some priorities around again...The priority tree is always God, husband, children, self. It's time for me to make some adjustments...

Enjoy that Brownie you got

The Lord LOVES to show me things through my children's actions and words.

The other day, my oldest daughter, Elisabeth, had just gotten her own brownie. Her brother, Aaron, had also gotten his brownie and had chowed down on it like a ravenous lion. Elisabeth, who eats very slowly, still had her brownie in her hand.

Aaron decided he wanted another one...so, of course, I gave it to him. When Elisabeth saw her brother get another portion, she immediately decided that she was not going to be outdone by her brother. I'm sure she was thinking something like: "How dare he get more than I do? It's not fair! I'd better get just as much as he does!"

So, Elisabeth reaches out with her free hand while her other hand is still plumb full of brownie and she shouts "Can I have another one, too?"

That picture of her holding that brownie in one hand while reaching out for more with her other just really struck me. Is that what I've been doing?

Have I been living my life with a handful of something wonderful, yet I'm reaching for more and more as if it's not enough!?

I have my ever-maturing husband and my five wonderful children, I have shelter over my head, I have food in my fridge and cupboards, I have clothes not only on my back but several more in my closet and drawers, I have hot and running water, I have light...I HAVE SO MUCH.

My hand is brimming over with wonderful blessings! But here I am: holding my one brownie without even enjoying it fully and reaching out for more and more and more.
So what do I need to do? I need to enjoy the "brownie" I already have!

The principle here is contentment. To be content means to be satisfied with, to be enough.
According to the Word, I should be super satisfied with what I already have!
1 Timothy 6:8 says that I should be content with just food and clothes. I've already listed much, much more than those two blessings!

Hebrews 13:5 says: "Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee."

So how is it that I can be content? How is it that I can be thoroughly satisfied?

By remembering that the Lord will NEVER leave me nor forsake me!

In Him is my content. In Him is my satisfaction. He is MORE than enough for me.