Educating Yourself

By Shari McMinn

For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. And because of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.” (1 Corinthians 1: 26–31 ESV)

We live in a post-Christian age when authorities, influencers, and trained professionals supposedly know more than parents regarding the upbringing of their children. Perhaps they have some advice we might consider, but we need to look to the Lord God Almighty, creator of Heaven and earth and each of us for true wisdom. The above Scripture — written to New Testament Christians in the similar anti-God culture of Corinth — also applies to us, with the reminder that though we might not be wise by worldly standards, we can boast in the Lord.

As a homeschool parent, how many times a day do you doubt yourself with questions such as:

• Do I like my child enough to be with him or her all day?
• Do I know enough to educate my unique child?
• How will I ever survive today, let alone the next year or more of homeschooling?
• Would he or she be better off in a ‘real’ school? 
• Why do I have to suffer so much while raising this challenging child?

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