tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422519585523562932.post1196287591791277746..comments2024-03-10T21:11:45.692-04:00Comments on Thoughts of a Sojourner: Christian School AdvantagesMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12218349188104332410noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422519585523562932.post-7275322373691498222008-09-22T22:49:00.000-04:002008-09-22T22:49:00.000-04:00Don't worry, I don't label someone carnal for disa...Don't worry, I don't label someone carnal for disagreeing with me, or for saying they homeschool, but I did get some really nasty comments. In among it all, it got lost that I think homeschooling is ok if a person has a good reason, and if there are no other good options. I don't think my opinion is God's Holy Word, it is just my opinion, and concerns I have with that type of schooling. :-)Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12218349188104332410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422519585523562932.post-81897841262223763522008-09-22T20:43:00.000-04:002008-09-22T20:43:00.000-04:00At the risk of being lumped in with all those &quo...At the risk of being lumped in with all those "carnal women" who have already commented on your blog, and against my better judgment.... I am going to add my thoughts.<BR/><BR/>My history: I attended a well known Christian day school. I have much respect for its teachers and administration. When I attended there, I received a quality education. When I attended my teachers were educated in particular fields and then taught those subjects. Not anymore. <BR/><BR/>I graduated with honors. I went on to college. Actually I attended college while in my Jr. & Sr. year and upon high school graduation I had a little over a year of college ed under my belt. I graduated from Kent State U. in the top 10 of my class. So, I am no dummy. I went on to hold down a very lucrative and challenging (ie. fulfulling and exciting) job as a risk analyst in Pittsburgh. <BR/><BR/>I quit that job to raise my children myself. I did not want to send them everyday to a surrogate mother to teach them how to talk, walk, etc. Perhaps she could have done as well as me but it wasn't a risk I was willing to take. <BR/><BR/>When the time came to put my child in school we educated ourselves with our alternatives. We could drive 45+ min away to another well known Christian Day school. We could send them to our local (excellent) public school. <BR/><BR/>I kept coming back to the thought - God gave me this child to raise. Has He released me from my duties? Does being a mom only include feeding, bathing, dressing, etc.<BR/><BR/>Deut 11:19 instructs me ...."And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up." This sounds to me that I should be teaching them pretty much constantly. I see no leeway given to send them to a surrogate for 6+ hours a day. Christian or otherwise. <BR/><BR/>I have one chance to raise my children for God. One chance. When I stand before God and He asks me if I did my best to raise my children, I, personally, do not believe I could honestly say yes if I know that the majority of my child's instruction was given by someone other than myself. <BR/><BR/>I am not perfect. I am not brilliant. However, for our family, we are called to homeschool our children. And God has promised to give me the resources and the strength to do His calling. "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me"!<BR/><BR/>The bottom line is this: God has called us to parent OUR children. It is our God given responsibility to raise them according to how He leads. That may or may not be the same way as my friends family, your family or your neighbors family. That does not make me right and them wrong or vice versa. <BR/><BR/>The divisive dialogue in the posts you have submitted does nothing but cause stress and frustration. How you educate your children is none of my business. However, calling mom's who feel a divine call to raise their own children and teach them, names such as dragons and hypocrites is probably not going to advance your cause much. <BR/><BR/>If God has called you do something - something that there is clearly more than one choice about, no matter how odd I may feel it to be, I would not find it to be God honoring to make blog entries ridiculing you for a choice that you felt God leading you to do. Example: I would never make a whole blog entry ridiculing adult children who live at home. For one reason, its none of my busines. For another reason, clearly there are legit reasons for some to do this and 3. doing such would not be upbuilding to anyone.<BR/><BR/>So, in conclusion I have 2 thoughts.....<BR/><BR/>1. Never criticize your fellow man until you've walked a mile in his shoes.<BR/><BR/>2. Gal 5:22 - 26 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. <BR/><BR/>vs. 26....Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. <BR/><BR/>Julia Gurnee<BR/>A God called homeschooling MomThe Pastor of a Small Rural Churchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10012775517307384010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422519585523562932.post-42085816951473673662008-09-22T19:23:00.000-04:002008-09-22T19:23:00.000-04:00Way to go Mark, As one who teaches at a Christian ...Way to go Mark, <BR/>As one who teaches at a Christian Day School, it was interesting to find someone willing to be so vocal about supporting our school... <BR/><BR/>And thanks for the royal treatment at the picnic lol!!!<BR/>Loriteacherprincesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17090646244766382283noreply@blogger.com