If Walls Could Speak

"For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out." -Romans 7:18

If your homeschool walls could speak, what would they say? What secrets would they tell others about your homeschooling family? Would they tell of quiet times reading books, exciting times when science experiments went "south," creative times of nightly puppet shows from behind the couch and joyful times when a child received a hard-earned A+ on a semester test. Unfortunately, sometimes our walls would also tell secrets of not-so-nice times when conflicts led to unloving acts or when laziness led to procrastination.

Every homeschooling parent knows the fall far short of being the perfect Christian parent. The temptation to allow selfishness, greed, jealousy and even laziness to take over our lives is strong. Homeschooling is only successful when we listen to the Lord instead of our flesh and submit to his constant love and guidance.

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Have you been focusing on your failures more than your successes? Take heart! We all fail in our efforts to be the best parent and teacher of our children. The true battle that turns our defeat into a homeschooling victory lies in saying "no" to the flesh, so the Holy Spirit can control our every thought and action. "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me" (Galatians 2:20).

-Taken from Homeschool Mom's Bible; devotions by Janet Tatman; April 2nd; p. 378