~ I Found An Awesome Post! ~
Yesterday was my 2nd son's 10th birthday. Which means, for 3 weeks I have 2 - 10 year olds - yikes!!
Silly me thought we should still homeschool on a birthday - Well, I learned a lesson that I will tell you about in the next post - but, first, I wanted to put these wonderful words I found this morning through a homeschool email group - Here is the link (Spunky Homeschool) if you want to read more of the posts.
I thank the Lord for his messages of encouragement - He has wonderful timing, and, a sense of humor too :)
So, read her words, and remember, our children are testing and watching us......I just pray I don't fail!
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"A few months ago I took Jason (14) out to lunch. Actually, he suggested it and he was buying so off we went to Arby's for the 5 for $5 special. While I watched him eat his four sandwiches in the length of time it took me to eat one, we chatted about alot of different things.
When there was a lull in the conversation I switched the subject to a scripture that I had been meaning to ask him about. Proverbs 22:36 says "My son, give me thine heart and let thine eyes observe my ways." This seemed like the appropriate time to ask him if we still retained his heart even though he was in the middle of growing from a boy to a man.He grinned and said, "Mom, if you and dad didn't have my heart then do you think I'd be sitting here with you at Arby's right now?" Good point.
So I pressed him a little on why he thinks teens seem to stray away and what could a parent do to keep a child from rebelling against them and the Lord.He said, "Don't bend the wire." ....... "
Ha - now you have to go to her link to read the best part!!! :) Visit: Spunky Homeschool
Silly me thought we should still homeschool on a birthday - Well, I learned a lesson that I will tell you about in the next post - but, first, I wanted to put these wonderful words I found this morning through a homeschool email group - Here is the link (Spunky Homeschool) if you want to read more of the posts.
I thank the Lord for his messages of encouragement - He has wonderful timing, and, a sense of humor too :)
So, read her words, and remember, our children are testing and watching us......I just pray I don't fail!
*****************************
"A few months ago I took Jason (14) out to lunch. Actually, he suggested it and he was buying so off we went to Arby's for the 5 for $5 special. While I watched him eat his four sandwiches in the length of time it took me to eat one, we chatted about alot of different things.
When there was a lull in the conversation I switched the subject to a scripture that I had been meaning to ask him about. Proverbs 22:36 says "My son, give me thine heart and let thine eyes observe my ways." This seemed like the appropriate time to ask him if we still retained his heart even though he was in the middle of growing from a boy to a man.He grinned and said, "Mom, if you and dad didn't have my heart then do you think I'd be sitting here with you at Arby's right now?" Good point.
So I pressed him a little on why he thinks teens seem to stray away and what could a parent do to keep a child from rebelling against them and the Lord.He said, "Don't bend the wire." ....... "
Ha - now you have to go to her link to read the best part!!! :) Visit: Spunky Homeschool
posted by Tina at 8:28 AM
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