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He Will Fill the Holes

God, you wanted me to write this blog. What do you want me to write about? YOU. God is the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. He is my closest companion. The One who gives me constant strength to make it thru each and every day. Without Him I would be a mess. A confounded mess. Not knowing which direction to turn to. As a mom of 5 children that I home school my days are full of dirty dishes, crying kiddos, spills, fights, wrong answers, impatience, and chaos….but through Christ my days are full of thankfulness for dishes to clean because we have food on the table, sweet moments of wiping tears from cheeks and giving kisses and comfort, and bringing my children to Christ amidst all of the craziness and the chaos. Pointing them to the One who made them, who desires to know them, and the One who wants to be known thru a relationship with Him. This is the reason WHY I home school. God put this responsibility on my shoulders when these sweet babies were born. When He graciously gave me these gifts, these souls to minister to, to show the love of Christ to, to bring daily to Him. He is the One who has so clearly called me to home school.

Yet the struggle runs deep. I doubt myself daily. I see the holes. I see the sin. I see the attacks. I wrestle with so many feelings. So many more than I did when I was in the classroom teaching 25 kids that weren’t my own. I have skin in the game with my own children. The holes, the attacks, the sin are all personal. I see my heart walking around outside my body with these five kids. They are part of me and so the struggle is all the more real. My desire is for them to succeed and so my emotions run higher. My expectations are higher. So we continue to battle the sin. And we continue to fill in the holes….knowing that there are holes in EVERY education. I saw it in the schools I taught at. No education can fill every single hole. So I fall to my knees and ask the Lord to be the One to fill the holes. To cover what I cannot. And He is there. Always there. He is answering me saying, “It will be Ok.” “You are doing your best.” “I am a faithful God that will be with my covenant children from generation to generation.” His promises are true and I will rest in Him today knowing that He is a God that never fails.

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Battle with me

As a homeschool family, this COVID quarantine hasn’t changed too much of our routine. We continue to plug away at our school work and have even started some of next year’s curriculum.  However, those extra activities like piano & violin lessons, baseball practice & games, Grace classes, all church activities & playdates that have been canceled have caused a challenge for our family to be around each other ALL. THE. TIME. There is usually only one day of the week that we are home all day! Not all seven days! My husband is a builder, so he is off of work at this time as well.  So we have been intentional about getting outside as much as we can, doing projects, watching movies, organizing closets, camping in the backyard,  baking and cooking together.

Character Building For Families memorization

But amidst all of the things we are filling our days with, are we using this extra time well?  Are we gathering them around the table as a family and filling them with good food for their tummies, but more importantly, eternal food for their souls?  

The devil likes to distract us. He makes us think that there are other things that NEED to be done. He makes us think that there are other things that we WANT to do. And all of these things can be ok, even good.  We are doing life together. But, are we redeeming the time that we have been given and ministering to the souls of our children, bringing them to the Living Word?  

In this time, and always, I would like to challenge us to show our children Christ.  Christ crucified, Christ risen from the grave, Christ as our Mediator, Christ as our Friend, and as our constant source of strength.  But, this will be a battleground. An INTENSE battleground.  I see it in the eyes of my children when they would rather run outside to play basketball or jump on the tramp.  I see it in my own heart when I would rather go put in another load of laundry or pour another steaming cup of coffee.  This WILL be a fight. This WILL be a battle. The devil is battling us for the hearts of our children.  Will we be found taking up our Sword of the Spirit, the Word, fighting for their precious hearts?  Or will we let another day go by?  

Mamas, I beg you, fight with me. Battle with me. Take up your arms and redeem the time that we have been given. Let’s make it so that we are able to look back at this time with joy. With the joy of learning more about Christ. Seeing Him more fully through His Word.  Bringing our children to the feet of Jesus where He promises to bless them.  And giving us the hope that we need during a time of uncertainty and trial.  

This time of uncertainty is not going to end soon.  The repercussions of this silent enemy will be huge.  Life is going to be changed.  But we personally know the One who doesn’t change. And we are on His side! Let’s hide God’s Word in our hearts so we are able to battle the enemy together. 

Challenge your kids to memorize a chapter of the Bible! Our recent memorization was Psalm 139. Here is a video of my kids reciting it with their motions.