The Truth of the Matter

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Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. -Proverbs 3:5-6

If you homeschool your children, there is no 100-percent guarantee that they will turn out to be straight A students with prestigious colleges knocking on their doors when they're finished with high school. That scenario could happen, but might not. As much as you want the best this world has to offer your children, God may have something different planned for their lives.

Are our dreams for our children's futures different from God's dreams for them? We may want them to be intelligent and successful, but God's main concern is that they be obedient and Christlike. We must be careful our pride does not take us of God's straight and narrow homeschooling path for our children's future.

How do you envision your children's lives at the end of your homeschooling days? Are you teaching them to follow God's will for their future or your will? A good way to double-check is to ask yourself this question: "Is my child more concerned about pleasing me and trying to live up to my expectations or God's?" Be careful that your dreams for your children are not leading them off God's path for their lives.

-From the Homeschool Mom's Bible; devotions by Janet Tatman; February 28; p. 242