PrincipledMom™

In my quiet time with the Lord a year or so ago I felt that this is the passage I was to stand on as a home educating mom.

2:1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with
thee;
Pro 2:2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart
to understanding;
Pro 2:3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for
understanding;
Pro 2:4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid
treasures;
Pro 2:5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the
knowledge of God.
Pro 2:6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and
understanding.
Pro 2:7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to
them that walk uprightly.
Pro 2:8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his
saints.
Pro 2:9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity;
yea, every good path.

I receive so much from this passage. I love the picture it gives of searching and digging for wisdom. You must really pursue it. You must be diligent and toil and desire it desperately. Then wisdom is found and two things happen: one, you appreciate it because you worked so hard for it, and two, you pleased the Lord by following His Scripture. I want that to be said of me--that I pursued God's wisdom with passion and persistence.

I don't mean man's wisdom or earthly knowledge. I mean the wisdom the comes from seeking God and His Word. When you seek God's wisdom then the earthly wisdom will come too. I want make sure that I'm not spending all my time preapring my children with education and not enough time sitting with them at the feet of the Master. I received a wonderful quote from R.C. Sproul today.

Once again we need to get back to the standard. Can you teach your children the Bible? If the answer is yes, you are ready to homeschool. If the answer is no, then you must devote every moment you have to becoming trained to teach your children the Bible,... If you don't know the Bible, learn the Bible.

Lord, help me teach my children to know You, to love You, to know Your voice better than they know my own. Help me to teach them the most excellent way--the way of the Saviour.

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