The Learned

What are the main reasons you choose to send your kids to school? Homeschooling is the default, not the other way around. Our education system is new in respect to how old our world is.

When we are kids, we expect so much on our parents. Now that we are older, we are much more understanding and mature. Make it up to them -- tell them how you appreciate their presence. A lot of old people don't think they're needed or wanted and have to be told that their presence is appreciated.  This cancel culture today too easily writes adult parents off. We don't write off our parents nor do we replace them. We make sacrifices, at their terms, not ours, if we sincerely want them around.

Found a lovely church and made friends but something still doesn't sit right and you want more. Answer: It seems what you are looking for is not just about the right church but you have a desire to grow deeper in the Lord. This is good spiritual hunger. You are not looking for a social club but you are looking for more of Him.  What you need is intimacy with God. This is through your personal relationship with the Lord which can only be achieved how all relationships are built -- through conversation. There is no conversation without being able to hear the person we are talking to. Prayer is a two way communication. We must be able to hear His voice. So focus on hearing God's voice. When you read the Bible, start journalling and when you journal, talk to God as in first person. And sometimes, if you feel the urge, write down what He says to you in first person.

All things are lawful for me, but not all things are helpful; all things are lawful for me, but not all things edify. 1 Corinthians 10:23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. 1 Corinthians 6:12

Yes. You have no idea. If it wasn't for prayer, I wouldn't be here. My mom saw me dead in her arms and prayed against it. About half an hour later, she dropped me off by the side of the road to go to school. I waited at the pedestrian crossing for the light to turn and when it did, I finally ran across. Little did I know that a car the street on the other side of the crossing assumed he would be able to speed across before anyone walked to his side of the road. He couldn't see me because of the hedges on the divider and I was short. So when I ran across, I ran into the car rather than the car running into me. And when he zoomed past, I continued running to school. My mom saw everything...

Q: Hubby doesn't want anymore kids but I do Answer: Children are a gift from the Lord. It's not for us to decide what He wants to give us. Maybe both of you pray about it and ask the Lord what He wants. Pray for a book, chapter and verse, each of you separately, and compare notes after over the next few days to come to an actual decision.