Simple Success

Whoa! January was my last post and here we are in April. How will I ever become a "successful blogger" at this rate. What is successful anyway? Why is this term so unnerving to me. Maybe it is because of pressures I felt in adolescence to be , need I say,"successful."

Yes, I am a child of the eighties. Materialism, wealth, success......as I look now at how my life keeps evolving, God seems to be pruning the parts of me that I thought were my most seemingly successful. The amazing thing is that I feel more satisfied... happier... I guess what I have learned through my walk with the Creator is that true success is measured by Him. When we allow Him, he shapes and molds us into His creation. Ahhhh! True success. How blissful a thought.

I really need to carry this thought into my homeschooling endeavors. OOOh.. How my mind can carry me into a whirlpool of insecurities in doing school successfully. I acknowledge that this is another area where God is asking me to submit to Him. He knows what this area in our lives need to look like for my family. I'm tempted to get caught up in doing things just like my Homeschooling counterparts. If I did, I'd still fall short because our family is not them an they are not us. God designed my children for my family...we are His unique creation. How could I even begin to think that we would fit any other mold. Ingrained in my subconscious is the 'one size fits all' model of public education. At some point you would think I would shake it off. Yes, true education does not come from any textbook, workbook or 'How to' book...I know it has been said before. I can use these to fit my family somehow but I should always be mindful of God's plan for our Homeschool. God has called me to the true book of education in which I will achieve all true success. Joshua 1:8 says "This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have success." Simple. Perfect. Success.....