You Can Do It

"The one who calls you is faithful, and He will do it." -1 Thessalonians 5:24

Have you been experiencing setbacks lately while homeschooling? Are your children rebelling or acting bored? Does family continue to harass you about your decision and worry that your children will be socially inept? Is all the work of balancing time for your spouse, your children and yourself just too much? Are the unpaid bills or unfinished chores keeping you awake at night? Maybe God never really wanted you to homeschool. After all, if He did, things wouldn't be so hard, right?

That's what I though sometimes. Second-guessing myself, I was ready to walk away and experience the "good life" of corporate reward and fulfillment. Anything had to be better than the frustration I was going through now. But each time I determined to give up, a wonderful day of homeschooling blessings would encourage me again. My spiritual and homeschooling journeys became intertwined, and I learned that any success I had when teaching my children was dependent on my closeness to God's heart.

My days of looking for a way out eventually ended when God gave me my own homeschooling life verse: "Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory" (2 Timothy 2:10). I knew I could endure any homeschooling negatives for the sake of my children's salvation and growth in Christ. I was humbled before God with my foolish fears and doubts. even though I had been faithless and ready to quit to avoid suffering, God had remained faithful and encouraged me when I needed encouragement most (2 Timothy 2:13).

God is waiting to encourage you today too. He wants to meet you right where you are and give you the strength you need to be a faithful teacher. Learn from his sacrificial and loving example to faithfully teach you. "Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful; men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart" (Hebrews 12:2-3).

-Taken from Homeschool Mom's Bible; devotions by Janet Tatman; p. 1339