Home School Mom Goals, Hopes, and Dreams
Posted By Jacque on November 17, 2009
Goals. Planners. Charts. Some use them and some don’t. Success is not measured in the method, but at the outcome, which shows the fruit of all the days before.
We plan – or not.
We want the best for our children.
We buy curriculum – or not.
We have hopes in mind, even if we don’t write them out as goals.
We live day-to-day, teaching our children facts and figures, letting them learn life, perhaps showing them in a textbook.
But, what are our goals? How do we plan to get there? Do we really want them to become what we hope they become?
Chris Davis is a home school father whose home school philosophy changed my view of home schooling our children. It very much aligns itself with Robin Sampson’s methods and philosophy also.
What does Yahweh-God have for our children?
Who has HE created them to be?
Have we prayed about it?
We have the opportunity to see each of our children as individuals, with different loves, hates and learning styles. We can see who they are created to be, if we look closely enough and rely on the Spirit of Yah-God to show us. Do we have blind spots? Of course we do. Do we have expectations that overshadow what HE has for them? I would say certainly. But, we can know HIS plans for them, if we ask.
This is a key to allowing our children – facilitating Yah’s plans – to become just who HE has created them to be. They each have a purpose in this world. It is our job as Mom to seek that purpose and show them HIS path, teaching them HIS ways, so they may fulfill the greatest plans there are for them.
We teach the Scriptures here as many of my home school mom friends do. They are of utmost importance. I look at the fruit in our children: in their hearts; in their words; in their actions. I ask questions of them. I seek HIM in their lives.
What path are they on?
What are their strengths?
Where is it leading them?
What is their interest?
What has the Father put into them?
When we embrace what Yahweh has for our children and let down our expectations as well as the world’s – and others, we experience a freedom and a wholeness in teaching them that which we cannot know otherwise.
HE is their Creator, and HE has their purpose in mind. If we seek HIM and that purpose and plan, we will teach them just what they need to know for what HE has for them.
Is that your ultimate goal? It is mine.
be blessed as you train your children up in HIS ways!
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This article was inspired by my friend and fellow home school mom, Christin. You will find her blog at Journey of Discovery, where she brings up thoughts and questions about her own journey in Motherhood & Homeschooling.
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I am so thankful to Yahweh that I discovered homeschooling, and that I have such a good example to follow in you and your family! I teach 5 and 6 year olds in Sunday School each week (and have done for about 2 years now), and it has stood me in good stead for the future when I raise my own children according to HIS law. Being a mother is a huge responsibility and I intend to do it in the best way possible, honouring Yah and His Torah. I think as I am nearly 21 and coming to a ‘marriageable’ age (though obviously Yahweh alone knows when I will marry) it is important to consider these things, so that me and my future husband can make arrangements BEFORE little ones arrive!
Blessings, Mrs Dixon!
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Thank you for the reminder my heart sometimes needs….
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Jacque, you are so dear to me! I opened this earlier this morning and just now was able to finish reading it. I currently have a sick toddler (carrying a fever) so it’s been a little busy. Thank you so.much.for this. It is something I want and need to keep in the forefront of my mind. Thank you SO much friend! ((hugs))
I am going to write these questions down in my home school journal so I can revisit them frequently.
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