What kind of soil are you working with? No, this is not a post about gardening techniques but rather teaching techniques. I have always used the parable of the hard clay and soft clay of the potter as I taught my children. However, that parable focuses more on the students we are working with and not on the instructor.
However, after reading Hebrews 6: 7-8 I am reminded of what type of land are we working on. What are we starting from? Are we beginning our homeschool morning frazzled..or are we beginning our morning in the word of God? There have been days that I have sheepishly done both (just in this past week). I've started the day in the word of God alone and/or with my children and other days not at all. There is a BIG difference between the two. My behavior between the two is the difference between night and day as well as in my children.
If we begin our mornings with the Lord we will "produce a crop useful to those whom it is farmed receives the blessing of God." Who doesn't want to be this farmer? This can also apply to your homeschooling. We can produce children that will please and honor our heavenly father. As we take in the word of God it prepares and sets the path for our day.
If we foolishly don't begin our day in the word of God...and believe me I have had a few if not many of these with my children the "land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless and is in danger of being cursed. In the end it will be burned." Have you ever had a day where you just want to go back to bed and begin it again all over? I know I have. Or throw the towel in and give up on homeschooling? Or thought there must be something wrong with your kids??? There isn't anything wrong with your kids...it's YOU! What did you place at the top of your To Do List today?
Try beginning your day with God's word. I tell you it will make a world of difference.....
