It all starts with prayer!

Day 5: Pray for your homeschool.

It took a lot of prayer and time for us to decide to homeschool.  One thing that I am very good at is to pray for my kids future but I don't (regularly) include homeschool in that prayer.  I generally pray for their future salvation, spouse, purity, faith, and character in general.  I stopped last night and just prayed for our homeschool.  Some things that came up were each child and their needs in our schooling, our upcoming decision on curriculum, my organization, my husband's role and how it is going to be changing this next school year with music lessons being thrown in.  So the first part of my prayer is about change.  This year of homeschooling went better then I could have imagined but change is coming with a new grade level coming up.  I am excited about this change and what all that means for our family.

I then prayed thanksgiving to God.  Thanking Him for the opportunity to do this!  This wasn't at all in my mind and then God showed us both that we needed to do this and then He provided a way for us to and all we had to do was trust.  I thanked Him that my husband was on board 100% with me and that we don't face much opposition from family and friends.  (We are very lucky!) I also thanked Him that my kids are happy.  G man is thriving and doing well and loving the adventures we have.  Little miss loves being in the middle of everything and is absorbing so much.  I also thanked God for surrounding us with a strong support of friends that are homeschooling within our church and we also have friends that we look up to that we no longer live by but are there for us.  I am also thankful that homeschool is more than curriculum and schedules.  Homeschool is the adventures we have getting lost in the car.  (G man has an AMAZING sense of direction!) We learn by playing, seeing, hiking, shopping, and so much more.  Our family is very close and open and we are growing closer day by day.  I am so thankful for what I have and what all God has blessed us with.  I ended this prayer the same way I end most begging God to continue to pour out His blessings on us but to give us strength when we need it or face opposition.