I've been home schooling for 14 years now, and I've been noticing something about some of these wonderful people. They take their role as a parent very seriously and more importantly, they take their responsibility to teach their children about the Lord as a holy ministry. There is no doubt about it...they are fully committed to their children.
Sometimes, that's the problem that I see. Occasionally, I meet people who are too committed to their children or to home schooling! For some Christian women this is sacrilege to even suggest that there is too much commitment to their God-given job. How can there be too much commitment when it comes to a job that God has given us?
Speaking from experience, it's actually easy to do because it happens so subtly. Satan is usually pretty subtle isn't he? Here's how it often happens. Usually, Christian women start off with their heart in the right place: wanting to educate their children because they feel God's leading to do this and because they want to bring their children up in the way he should go. But somewhere along the way, in the midst of diaper changes and scrubbing toilets, that mommy gets tired and worn out. Before you know it, she loses sight of the fact that she is supposed to be serving her Lord by serving her family, NOT serving her family by serving the Lord. The difference is easy to miss if you are not paying attention yet, it is a profound and very important difference! If we are to serve our Lord without a hint of idolatry, we must not lose sight of Him as we walk along that worn path of day to day life.
It is so easy, as we wipe noses, change diapers, fold laundry, cook, clean, chauffeur, and kiss boo-boo's, to lose sight of whom we are really serving!
The good news is we can avoid this trap (a subtle trap-scenario that would completely make sense in the book The Screwtape Letters)!
- We must seek daily to renew our minds (Ps. 51:10, Rom.12:2) in order guard against the sneaky sign of making our ministry to our families our idols.
- Pray without ceasing, that God will help you to serve Him and protect you for that evil sin of idolatry.
- Write out your goal for homeschooling, and then read it often to remind you it's all about Him.
You'll be a better Christian mommy if your focus in on the right person. Lead your kids to Jesus by following Him before.
3 comments:
Amen!
Trying to test this :)
Joshua Harris just wrote a great article about the dangers we homeschoolers can face because of ourselves. Thanks for these reminders. and thanks for prayers. Hope your family is well too.
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