Our Journey Part 3-Saying Yes to Homeschool
I’ve been sharing about our journey to decide to homeschool our three youngest children. Last time I went over some of the things I learned while doing my research. After I assessed the facts and stats and really thought about our situation, I felt in my heart that it was something I wanted to pursue for our family. But first some things had to happen:
First, my heart had to change. Meaning I needed to believe that I could do it, which led to prayer. Lots of prayer. I had to get confirmation that this was something God wanted for our family. And I thought about Lysa TerKeurst’s book “What Happens When Women Say Yes to God”. In it there’s a part where she goes over five questions to help her determine if what she’s hearing is from God or not. So I asked myself the five questions:
1. Does what I’m hearing line up with Scripture?
Yes, I totally believed God wanted me to “teach them diligently”.
So once I prayed about it and got on board, I needed God to work on my husband’s heart. Not that he was completely against it. He was open to it but needed some convincing. But I knew this was something we both had to agree about, I was not willing to having this come between us or be a source of conflict in our marriage so I prayed that if this was God’s will for our family for this season then we would both have to agree about this decision.
And so began our journey into this great adventure! Definitely a God thing. As this was something I never thought I could do and honestly I really could not without His guidance and grace every day.
How about you? Are there things you thought you could never do but have been proven different?
Next time, I’ll tell ya a bit more about our curriculum as well as what I’m doing with the little ones and maybe even share a peek into our “school room”.
This has been a great series for me! I’m looking forward to the next installment and we try to make the decision about homeschooling our own little ones.
Aw, thanks Elizabeth. It sure has been a process for us but I think you’ll know what the best decision is for your own family when the time comes 🙂
I’m enjoying these posts, Zohary. We homeschool as well. This is the second year with my oldest, who’s now in Gr 1. I’m starting to teach some basics to my almost 4 yr old, only because she knows her letters and numbers and has shown an interest in writing and sounds.
Blessings to you & your family. I’ll be looking into that Lysa TerKeurst book you mentioned too.
Thanks Sabrina! Yes, it’s a great book I just led a study over the summer for it too. Blessings to you and yours as well 🙂
Keep up the great work Zohary!