Comments on: Are Your Priorities Out of Whack? http://mrshomeschool.com/blog/258/are-your-priorities-out-of-whack/ The Voice for Today's Multiple Revenue Streams Homeschool WAHMs Tue, 08 May 2012 21:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: admin http://mrshomeschool.com/blog/258/are-your-priorities-out-of-whack/comment-page-1/#comment-56 admin Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:09:20 +0000 http://mrshomeschool.com/blog/?p=258#comment-56 Mary, now you're going to have to teach us how to let go! We're starting to let our oldest, at almost 12, make some small decisions, that we wouldn't necessarily make, so she can begin to learn from her own mistakes. I love what you said about knowing you "obeyed God to the best of my ability and loved them and taught them and nurtured them as only an imperfect mom could." I have to make a note to everyone reading this that Mary was the FIRST homeschool mom I'd ever met, back when I was a rising sophomore in college. She was actually brave enough to let me come and teach her children a science lesson. :o) Mary, now you’re going to have to teach us how to let go! We’re starting to let our oldest, at almost 12, make some small decisions, that we wouldn’t necessarily make, so she can begin to learn from her own mistakes. I love what you said about knowing you “obeyed God to the best of my ability and loved them and taught them and nurtured them as only an imperfect mom could.”

I have to make a note to everyone reading this that Mary was the FIRST homeschool mom I’d ever met, back when I was a rising sophomore in college. She was actually brave enough to let me come and teach her children a science lesson. :o)

]]> By: Mary Hines http://mrshomeschool.com/blog/258/are-your-priorities-out-of-whack/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Mary Hines Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:57:28 +0000 http://mrshomeschool.com/blog/?p=258#comment-55 Great blog and I love your honesty. I finished homeschooling 3 years ago and I must admit that my family became an idol - my children. I had dreams and ideals of how my children would turn out and the idea that if I did everything "right" that I could create perfect children (idols). Well, God did something even better - as I relinquished control slowly over the years. He produced the men and women He wanted and is using them in ways I couldn't imagine. They aren't perfect and they are all still maturing and its hard as a mom to sit and watch them struggle through life issues - but I do rest in the fact that I obeyed God to the best of my ability and loved them and taught them and nurtured them as only an imperfect mom could. I'm so grateful that I am not their "god" but they know The God and love Him. After our major purge and move to NYC I read Tim Keller's "Counterfeit Gods" - it was pretty amazing and challenging. I think homeschool moms have a great tendency to make homeschooling and their children "gods". Great blog and I love your honesty. I finished homeschooling 3 years ago and I must admit that my family became an idol – my children. I had dreams and ideals of how my children would turn out and the idea that if I did everything “right” that I could create perfect children (idols). Well, God did something even better – as I relinquished control slowly over the years. He produced the men and women He wanted and is using them in ways I couldn’t imagine. They aren’t perfect and they are all still maturing and its hard as a mom to sit and watch them struggle through life issues – but I do rest in the fact that I obeyed God to the best of my ability and loved them and taught them and nurtured them as only an imperfect mom could. I’m so grateful that I am not their “god” but they know The God and love Him. After our major purge and move to NYC I read Tim Keller’s “Counterfeit Gods” – it was pretty amazing and challenging. I think homeschool moms have a great tendency to make homeschooling and their children “gods”.

]]> By: Marni http://mrshomeschool.com/blog/258/are-your-priorities-out-of-whack/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Marni Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:19:53 +0000 http://mrshomeschool.com/blog/?p=258#comment-52 I have to admit that I've been struggling with being on the internet too much. It's all volunteer administrative work and not fun facebook talk. I appreciate your honesty, and I know that God uses people to talk through too. This is something I really need to seek God on and how he wants me to handle it. The work that I'm doing is good, but if it takes away from family time or God time,it's not good. I struggle with staying in balance. My life might be in balance and a few months later, it can be out of balance because I take on more than I can handle. I want to be a help to others so much. I think as women, God made that part of our nature. We can get to where we save the world and not our own family. Thanks for letting me share, it's helps me to vent a little. -Marni in SC I have to admit that I’ve been struggling with being on the internet too much. It’s all volunteer administrative work and not fun facebook talk. I appreciate your honesty, and I know that God uses people to talk through too. This is something I really need to seek God on and how he wants me to handle it.

The work that I’m doing is good, but if it takes away from family time or God time,it’s not good. I struggle with staying in balance. My life might be in balance and a few months later, it can be out of balance because I take on more than I can handle.

I want to be a help to others so much. I think as women, God made that part of our nature. We can get to where we save the world and not our own family.

Thanks for letting me share, it’s helps me to vent a little.

-Marni in SC

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