Homeschool Haters Gonna Hate, Hate, Hate….and what WE are called to do.
With
the news getting out that my family has chosen to homeschool we have had people
giving us a mix of emotions. Happy, supportive, inquisitive, and also down
right hateful. While speaking to my Grandmother yesterday and answering a slew
of questions I became defensive about the subject. The more she questioned the
more I started getting short, sassy, and upset. Then the BIG one.. Do you think
you can handle this? Yes, I got down right u-g-l-y with the sweetest old lady
on the planet. After I hung up the phone I felt terrible. I was lost… why was I
getting so upset, so defensive? When I
am lost I pray. I felt that God was
calling me to re-examine our families “why” on homeschooling.
1.We are homeschooling first
and foremost because we want to point our son back to God in everything that we
do.
2. We want to draw close as a
family with God at the center. 3. We want a slower pace of
life.
4. Our son was literally
crying out in frustration at a school that was no longer challenging him , but
wanting to punish him for his boredom.
After reflecting on our “why” I am at peace . Am I
qualified? Can I handle this? The real answer is I don’t know. What I do know is that with God at my side
anything is possible. In God’s eyes I am enough. I have a seat as his table.
I don’t need to prove that I belong there! So getting u-g-l-y , or defensive
about the choice we are making makes me no better than the haters.
So,
what is God calling me to do instead? He wants me to:
1.
Love him with all
my heart, soul, mind, and strength- Mark
12:29
2. Love my neighbor as myself-Mark 12:30
3. Be Patience- Proverbs 15:1
4. Be
the light -1 John 1:7
While I was worried about the haters I was the one that got
u-g-l-y. I’m the one that needed to check myself and kneel to my God. I am so
thankful to have relationship with God
and to be able to ask for forgiveness.
I better get going….. I have a phone call to make! I need to ask the sweetest old lady in the
whole world to forgive me too.
-Elizabeth
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