Have you been homeschooling for a while?
Or are you relatively new to the homeschooling world?
However you answer those questions, this blog post
is for you. And let it be known that even if you have only been
homeschooling for a week, that still counts as “a while” in the
homeschool community!
You may have noticed that there is a TON of reading
material aimed at encouraging new homeschoolers, but those resources
sort of seem to dwindle away for those who have been at it for a decade
or so. I think that is because those of us who are “veterans” work hard
to encourage the new homeschooling families… But the truth is, we
long-term, older homeschooling mothers need a hefty dose of
encouragement on a regular basis as well!
That’s just one reason The Old Schoolhouse
Magazine’s Homeschooling with Heart blog is so wonderful! It gives
homeschoolers of all ages and stages the encouragement so desperately
needed!
One of my life goals is to encourage homeschoolers.
This lifestyle means so much to me that I continue to stay plugged-in
and involved with the homeschooling community, even though all five of
my children have graduated from our family’s homeschool, and have either
graduated from college or are currently attending college. I know how
vitally important regular (as in daily, when possible!) encouragement
is, because I know how vitally I needed to be encouraged when my
children were still at home.
One of the sources of encouragement for me involves
the study of the lives of heroes of the faith, who have gone before me.
The writers such as Charles Haddon Spurgeon, A.W. Tozer and A.B. Simpson
have served to push and to pull and to move me along, spurring me on to
love and good deeds as I homeschooled for a quarter of a century.
And modern-day women of faith bless me in spades as I
refer to their writing on a regular basis. Anne Graham Lotz, Jennifer
Kennedy Dean, Susie Larson and Joni Eareckson Tada are just a few of the
authors I turn to on a regular basis as a source of encouragement in my
daily life, as a follower of Jesus.
Let me note that these are in addition to my daily
Bible reading, of course. They never replace my time in the Word of
God–rather, they encourage me to be in my Bible even more often!
As we go through the month of May and move into the
homeschooling rhythms of summer time, let me encourage you to create a
summer reading list, Mom. One that encourages you as a Christian woman,
and draws you closer to Jesus, as well as strengthens you for your task
as a homeschooler.
Have a wonderful, encouraging month of May!
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