"Who knew that homeschooling could be such a mind game?"
...said to a friend as we discussed the ins and outs of educating our children.
I wholeheartedly admit it. I go back and forth about the whole topic of homeschooling. on a weekly basis.
I question my ability. I bemoan the fact that having a newborn keeps us from doing as many field trips as I'd like. I fall into the trap of thinking that the girls won't have as many friends because they aren't sitting in a conventional classroom.
On and on it goes. Really, the doubts seem never-ending at times. Though the things I question aren't the point here. It's the Interruption of God that I want to remember.
Because one day, as I was rehashing the (perceived) shortcomings of this season of our homeschooling, the Lord interrupted me and said,
"What if you knew that the End was near? Would that change the way you viewed the importance of what you're doing?"
It literally stopped my self-critiquing on the spot, causing my mind to do a 180 in the way I was thinking about the training my girls are receiving.
Because really, is it that important that we haven't started piano lessons yet? Does it really matter that they haven't been able to be a part of the dance classes that they've been asking about?
Do I think that the Lord was telling me that we're in the End Times? No, not necessarily. But I do know that what He spoke was a much needed mind-shift for me.
Because honestly, if I DID know that we were entering what the Bible calls the End Times, I wouldn't give their "social life" a second thought. And piano lessons would be very low on the priority list.
Do I think the Lord was telling me that extracurricular activities are a waste of time? Nope, not at all.
But I do believe he was showing me that I obviously need to reset my sights on being "in this world but not of it." Because as a Believer, I need to always have my sights set on living like Jesus was coming today.
If I require a total mind(life) -shift at the thought of Him coming soon, then I'm not living the way I've been called to.
and that realization has been huge.
