Daily Focus - Playing Hookie

thanks for your comment! i was going to say the same thing! i actually got up this morning and said how can we study when the house is in such a clutter! we have been moving our church, having people over and i have been sick to top it all off! we still will homeschool of course! but learning flexibility is important as well. that is the main reason we homeschool because we dont have traditional jobs! my husband is a pastor and a truck driver. but the important priorities like studying His word must be first and foremost and then all else will fall in place as you pray "God what should we do today and what should be next!"
blessings and thanks for your devotionals.

I think the main struggle that this devotional is pointing to is merely getting out of bed in the morning. If you are "not that into" homeschooling with your kids, or have just started and feel lost, just the thought of it each morning, as you open your eyes, can be pure dread and can make it impossible to face. I struggled with getting out of bed in the morning for this reason, (feeling lost), and also because I was cleaning well into the night after I had struggled all day through homeschooling and my family was fast asleep. Then I thought, wait a minute. Something has to give and I will not allow myself to become sleep deprived and miserable. I won't be any good that way anyhow. And the reality is that most women cannot feel good about themselves or their marriage or anything in a dirty home, so therfore it must be clean. NOT spotless, just clean. The kids each have a chore list now and they get an allowance at the end of each week. I took on another child whose mother works and needed 1 hour before and 1 hour after school care for her son. So I HAVE to be up for him in the morning and I am getting paid for it. While he is in my home in the morning, my kids are doing their chores and the house is getting clean. When he gets on the bus, I start my homeschooling with my own children. I have waited 12 years to get to this point however. Find something that makes it work for you. We also homeschool through the summer, but we take a few vacation weeks throughout the year. It keeps my kids sharp and my schedule more flexible. I cannot thank The Lord enough for homeschooling.