I was set on posting a different picture for Word-Filled Wednesday, but when I was browsing, my heart became convicted on posting this verse instead.
- Deuteronomy 11:19; Image Copyright: Heartlight Gallery
A lot had to do with the fact that I was homeschooling, but a lot had to do with the fact of how convicted I’ve become about homeschooling.
As Christians and as parents, we live in a topsy turvy world where even the cartoons are questionable and the promoting of ideas and lifestyles that are contrary to a life that our Heavenly Father calls out for us to lead.
God’s word is for everyday, every situation, every moment, 24/7 of our lives and we don’t just occassionaly water the plants and pray that they grow?
We nurture them, we check on them each day, we give them nourishment each day, knowing that the basics and foundation of a strong, God-filled life starts in what is laid down and not what is built afterward as an afterthought.
Everyday belongs to our Heavenly Father and our children belongs to our Heavenly Father and we are rewarded with a heavy but rewarded stewardship of these precious cargos.
As I spend my days teaching the children and preparing to start teaching them God’s word as part of their curriculum, it hit me. Other than us and church, our children really won’t be getting this anywhere else.
In the retail stores, as I see clotheswear and accessories marketing for a popular singer and geared toward toddlers who barely know who this singer is, I think of whose attention do we want our children to have? That of a stranger who sings and dresses in a way that ages rather than promote innocenence, or do we wish for the attention of our children to look not at that, but at our Heavenly Father instead.
Everyday is a teaching opportunity; We are the first teachers and the most permanent teachers,along with our Heavenly Father, when it comes to guiding them in our lives.
So yes, the entire family has succumbed to being sick.
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