Grace For The Gaps.
I guess I would be
considered a veteran…
At least in the
Homeschooling arenas.
My oldest is getting
ready to turn 30 and my youngest is 16.
When asked to share
what I have learned from all these years of schooling…
From raising my kids…
So many things come to
mind…
Don’t let homeschool
become an idol
Let Christ be the
center of your day
Look for teachable
moments right in the middle school lessons
Teach kids to be hard
workers…as unto the Lord
Give an honest days
work at school
You can’t give from
the spiritual realm what you don’t have yourself
The list could go on
and on…
Go here and you can read more
of my homeschooling journey...
Parenting lessons are universal...
No matter the path we travel educating our children...
We all have lessons of letting go...
lessons of trusting God.
We share out of where
we live...
And
right now I am watching my son as he turns the page of his story…
Ready to start a new
chapter…
One foot out the
door…stepping out with confidence and hope…
This “launching” makes
a parent shake just a little…
Because I know there
are “gaps”…areas not covered in homeschool or lifeschool
Gaps in his education…gaps in his upbringing…
Gaps that in the past
would have crushed me…
Blinding me to all the
good…
Gaps that in the past would
have condemned me…
Gaps that would have
labeled me a failure.
The enemy’s tactics
have been the same since the beginning of time…
He tempts us like He
tempted Eve…
He tell us… we too can
be like God…
Be the savoir to our
kids….
Bearing the burden of
having all the answers… of holding all truth…
He shouts the lie…”If
you don’t get it right…If you don’t fill all the gaps…
If you are not
perfect, your kids will not make it.”
The enemy is still
right there to whisper the doubts…
Begging me ask the
wrong questions…
Did I do enough? Did
I…? Did I…? Did I…?
But now, by His love,
when I see gaps…He helps me see grace…
Today, I realize we
will never be able to fill all the gaps…
We as parents were
never meant to fill all the gaps…but He can.
So now, the better
question is … Is He…?
Is He enough to take
my son and continue the work started in a heart…in a home?
This “launching” is
the 4th of our 5 children…
With each one, I
release more freely…more confidently…
Not because of the job
I did…
But because God has
proven Himself faithful…
To love my children
unto Himself…to be their Abba Father…
To be their Friend…to
be their Comforter …
To give all the wisdom
they need…
To truly fill the gaps
with his love and grace.
Oh, how counting the
graces opens my eyes...my heart to...
Feeling joy and sadness walking side by side through this passage...
To trust while one chapter closes...
And waiting for the new
story to be written.
I continue to count
with words and pictures all His graces given to me.
*the most gifted “commentor” left this acronym in her comment...
just had to add it here...thanks lynn:)
GAPS
God Always Provides and Supplies.
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| One last basketball game before he leaves. |
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| Always a little competitive. |
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| But love triumphs over all. |
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| My grocery bill will see an decrease without these portion sizes:) |
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What a gift to have older brothers to give wise words...
challenging and charging him before he leaves. |
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| She entered into his joy...but carried some sadness home with her. |
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| Until the sting of being an only child was soothed by a night with friends. |
~3980~4000
~daughter's MIL…better report than first thought
~everyone
getting to go to the beach before she starts chemo
~beautiful
back to school dinner…surprise bonusJ
~singing
the Revelation Song…everyone together
~life
on a college campus
~the
blessing of this wonderful job for my hubby
~Grace
to get much done
~kind
customer service lady
~family
being together
~sibling
bonds
~moving
son in…great roommates
~opportunities
for growth and stretching ..taking him outside his comfort zone
~daughter’s
friends spending the night…
~feeling
the winds of change
~wisdom
for the changes taking place in our family
~from
a family of 7 …now a family of 3
~hopeful
expectancy for what the unseen future holds
~being
“prisoners of hope”…Katie davis
~”stumbling" upon an Holy Experience…and yes, it has been indeed…
an Holy Experience.
~
reaching 4000…
