Life Proceeding

There are so many things that I want to share but I am having a hard time just finding the concentration to jot them all down.  I think of things all throughout the day. 

We are essentially under quarantine.  Stores and public places are closed and no one is supposed to assemble in groups larger than 10.  Schools are out until the end of April for sure and possible for the rest of the year.  Only Phil and I go to the store if needed, kids stay home or wait in the car.  We are stocked up on food, gas/diesel, and since we school from home, not much is changing for us except for our normal social activities (homeschool group, youth group, Awanas, church) have been canceled.  

The weather has beautiful this week and rain is coming next week so we have spent as much time outside as possible enjoying fresh air and the farm life.  We have been working hard and staying busy.  I know that life around is chaotic for so many people and I am thankful for acreage and the time I get to spend here.  Phil is officially on Spring Break and I am so looking forward to a break from school and working on projects.  

I have thought a great deal about how thankful I am not to be part of the "secular" way of doing things.  Phil and I decided before we even had kids that we would be a one income family.  That we would make the sacrifice (living in a small home, driving old used cars, not vacationing, not have extras, etc..) to follow a Biblical model of family.  Phil would support our family and I would be the keeper of our home.  We took this a step forward and felt the Bible directed us to educate our children with Christ at the center of learning and following the cautions in the Proverbs about the influences of the secular world.  We wanted our kids to have an education outside of book learning and to be able to character train/parent full time and we felt the best way to do this was to homeschool. Truthfully, this has not been easy and I have had a very difficult year.  But, I feel like the Lord has really honored our efforts (despite our failures) and our model of school and family has not been overly influenced by a worldwide pandemic.  We have what we need here and we are extra blessed to live on acreage where kids can run around outside, explore, do projects, learn about being self sufficient (though we did do a lot of this when we lived on a town lot because we urban farmed).  

I feel very bad for single parent families, for working parents, for people who have relied on the government to educate and feed (through the breakfast and lunch programs) their children...I can't imagine trying to step into "my life" without having the experience of building it first.  

I think for now, we just proceed as normally as we can.  We follow the recommendations of the government to keep peace and keep from catching and spreading germs.  We trust in the Lord and know that He holds all things in His hands.  We know that every day leads us closer to the return of the Christ. We know that this is a lost and fallen world and the Bible spells out the trouble that will come.  We hope that during times such as these for a revival and that the nation will turn to a relationship with the Lord.  We hope that the hearts of the children will be turned toward their parents and the hearts of the parents will be turned toward their children with this opportunity of families togetherness.



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