Courageous Joy

Homeschool Encouragement

I was surfing late at night (because Stacia was AWAKE until 1 a.m.) and decided to check out Jeannie Fulbright's website. She used to be an SHS member and is the author of the Science books that we love. She had some info on her site about "healthy homeschooling". I will need to go back and reread and try to mentally process her thoughts on health and fitness. I'm really, really striving not to get into a system that requires eating only certain foods, measuring and counting etc. I may loose lots of weight fast, but I know from experience that the goal must be "lifestyle change" and not "loosing weight". I don't plan to spend my whole life measuring and weighing food.....so I don't want to use that method to loose weight.....or when I go back to eating "normal", I'll regain the weight. My recent emphasis has been all about health. Seriously. I couldn't hold a pen or Stacia 5 months ago. I have cut some foods out of my diet permanently...but they are not "to loose weight" - with the thought that once I get it under control I'll add them back - they are permanent because of health issues. Anyway - while surfing her site I noticed lots of things I need to go back and research.

BUT I found THIS to be very encouraging to me on my homeschool journey. Isn't it a great reminder?

"I so very much love homeschooling, though non-homeschoolers can't comprehend that sentiment - especially if I were to relate what it is really like. I used to pray for it to be easier. But I've learned that the only way it will be easier is if I change my attitude about it. My present desire is that my heart will change, that I would no longer wish for homeschooling to be quiet and peaceful and smooth sailing, but that I would have a willing heart to embrace and enjoy it the way it is today. For this is the way that the Lord has ordained it, and these little rambunctious boys and girls are my gifts to treasure, train and love. If the day is chaos, I desire that my heart would be submitted to that with joy. If school takes all day, I want to remember that God is in control and He sets my schedule, not I. I want to homeschool as unto the Lord, not unto myself. For if I get irritated and upset because things didn't go as planned, or as easily as I wished, then I'm saying my plan for my day was better than God's. And because God's plan happened, which was out of my control, then I want to be thankful and joyful anyway. "

Another reminder that in so very much in life "it is all about the heart". {G}