Teach us to number our days carefully so that we may develop wisdom in our hearts Psalm 90:12
If I am not careful my morning blurs into my afternoon, which blurs into night, which blurs into weeks, which blurs into months and before I even know it time has passed and I'm not any wiser in my heart.
Today in the middle of my home school day the sweet whisper was heard in my heart,"don't miss the victory in this day of teaching."
So, I stopped and tucked away some of the sweet victories for this day:
Josh struggles with confidence in math. We are working on it and one day he will believe he is as smart as he really is in math. At the start of our lesson I knew this was gonna be on of those days were he didn't believe that he could. I could see it written all over his frowning face. I explained... he said I can't. I explained again using manipulative......he said I don't understand. I explained again...he shut down. I stopped and prayed, "Lord, please give me wisdom, help me to help him." then I waited until I knew what I was suppose to say and then I spoke truth: "Josh, this is not a new concept, you did it yesterday, I've shown you several times. I think the real problem here is you have decided to flip the switch to the "I can't do this" place and i need you to flip that back to "I can" please. He looked me right in the face and took a deep breath and "OK, mom I'm sorry. Is this right? and I got to say Yes!!! That is exactly right! You did great! VICTORY!!!
Jacob is in the second grade and we are really focusing on neat work. today He sat beside me and wrote every neatly without one reminder from me! VICTORY!!
Ashley is in the third grade and has been learning multiplying more than one digit and she said for the first time today "Hey, this isn't that hard!" VICTORY!!!
Emily struggled today in math but she didn't give up, she didn't say I can't she kept going and she finished her math. VICTORY!!!!!
A few months ago I would have missed these victories......cuz I was too focused on the big picture and I was too distracted with where I was going to enjoy where I was. Alot of sweet victories are overlooked when you travel this way. God is teaching me to enjoy the journey and not just the final destination.
My final destination for our kids is four grown kids that love God with all their hearts, souls, and minds, and that they trust Him and allow Him to direct their paths. It's my prayer, it's my goal, it's my final destination for my kids.
God has granted me the privilege of home schooling our four kids. I must be honest with you and tell you that each day is NOT all fun. Sometimes its alot like dental work with out pain medication. My kids aren't wired to wake up and begin each day with a song of rejoicing because they get to do school on this day-----cuz they are NORMAL KIDS!!!!! But God does allow me days, like today, where the kids try hard and work well and we accomplish much.
And it is VERY GOOD!
