Thoughts of Mine

I haven't written much lately. So much of life seems routine and ordinary, nothing note worthy in my perspective. I guess that in light of the situations in this country, having nothing to write about is a blessing. Calm waters are a beautiful thing.

Of course things are happening, one of which involves many changes at work. Lay-offs and computer changes have created untold amounts of stress. I find myself in the role of an anchor. While the ship is tossed about I feel as though I am the one trying to keep everyone on an even keel. It is not that I don't feel tossed about, it is just that I seem to show some stability during the changes, that people have taken notice of. I know in my heart that God is the real anchor in my life. As I trust in him and lean on him, the changes seem more easily accepted and tolerable. I take my witness at work very seriously and pray often that I can maintain my sanity as a testament to God's presence in my life. I am so far from perfect though...

In other thoughts, that are wondering in my head, this country is really taking a wrong turn. I don't wax on about politics so my point is this; are Christians doing their part to understand the crumbling future of this country and raise their children to stand up in a world that is much different from the one we grew up in? As government takes control of more things and poverty grows, are we instilling values in our children to see them through a rocky future? A good life will not be handed to them. They are inheriting a country with rapidly diminishing freedoms, socialist movements, terrorists and rebels. This amongst great economic decline and absent moral standards. Are we teaching them how to stand up for the Kingdom of God? Are they learning that freedom is not something given but something fought for? Will they understand that accumulation of stuff will not get them happiness? My husband and I are trying to raise our children to be warriors for God. It is very likely in their lifetime that they will have to choose between God and freedom. My prayer is that I have so instilled in them a longing for heaven and a real relationship with their Savior, that they have no doubt whom they will choose.

This leads me to my homeschooling soapbox. Why would anyone deliberately choose to turn their children over to the government instead of teaching them at home all about God and his creation? Shame on us all that render onto Caesar the things of God, our precious children. Now this being said, I understand that in some circumstances there is no choice but to send kids to public school. Single working parents obviously have no choice. But we let the devil convince us that schools aren't really that bad, that I'm not patient enough or smart enough to home school. Of course there is the old steadfast argument that home school children are socially backwards. Those are lies and excuses. Raising children is a huge responsibility and I firmly believe that I will stand before God one day and give an account of how I raised my children. I want to be able to say that I taught them the things of God, that I trained them to finish the race, that I didn't give over my responsibility to strangers to teach them life. Let's face it, children learn more than the 3 R's at school. They learn about life, they learn about morals, they learn about lies. If you ask God for help, will he turn you away? If you honor God by raising your children at home, as he intended, will he not guide and strengthen you to do so? Put fear aside and stand up for what is good and right.