Have you ever wondered why God has you as a home schooler?

Do you ever wish sometimes that you could just be a normal kid and go to school like everyone else? 

One thing I've definitely been going through as a home schooler is I always wished that I could go to school. I always want to know why God has me in this position. I would always ask, "God why do you have me as a home schooler? Wouldnt it be better if I went to school so I could witness to people about you?" 

 

 

Psalm 119:67 "Before I was afflicted I went astray, but no I keep Your word."

Charles Stanley shares these thoughts on this:

I must be "truthful" and tell you that this is very hard for me to do.  I KNOW what I am suppose to do, but my flesh more times than not gets the best of me.  

Three years ago, my  mother, who has emphysema, was put on a ventilator, after so many days, it was time to put a trach in as she was not weening off the machine fast enough.  They wheeled her down to the OR.  Within a minute, the speaker system announced "Code Blue, Code Blue OR Room 4".  Her nurse came to get me and we went to the OR.  They revived her.  And then five minutes later I heard the same announcement.  The OR nurse brought me to the OR room door, in case I wanted to say "good bye".  

I was pregnant, and alone, as it was the worst snow storm that winter, and our whole county as shut down!  I remember praying , on me knees the OR waiting room bathroom, "Oh God, not now.  How will I survive?  (I am an only child) I am not ready yet." 

I could have screamed at God and shook my fist at Him.  I didn't.  Those moments I KNEW He was with me, in control, carrying me. I felt His presence.  He sent people to me, to aid me.  Nurses who sat with me, friends who talked with me and prayed with  me.   I did not feel bitterness or resentment. 

That was the worst time of my life, the hardest adversity for me.

Members of my family do not speak to me because I told the "truth" about their behavior.  I was recently excluded from a baby shower because of it.  I am struggling with resentment and bitterness.  Trying very hard to not let that seed grow in my heart. 

How "important" was the baby shower compared to the possibility of losing my mom?  

Is it the same for all Christians?  To me, logically, funny I know since my logic and God's are NOT the same, I should have had the resentment over my mother instead.  The "larger" of the two incidents.  

Oh, what makes us tick?!

What about you?  What situations do you find resentment and bitterness grow in you, instead of  letting it be used to grow closer to the Lord?

 

Side note: My mother did not die that night.  She was 98 pounds, at that time, and they performed CPR on her twice.  She survived with not ONE broken rib!  No lasting brain damage!  God's hand was all over her that night...and me.  

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"You need to love yourself" is the world's prescription for those who are plagued with a sense of worthlessness.  As with much deception, the lies represented in advertisements are not the polar opposite of the Truth; rather, they are distortions of the Truth.  

According to God's Word, the Truth is that we were created in the image of God, that He loves us, and that we are precious to Him.  However, we do not bestow that worth on ourselves.  Nor do we experience the fullness of God's love by telling ourselves how lovable we are. 

To the contrary,  Jesus taught that it is in losing our lives that we find our lives.  The message of self-love put people on a lonely, one-way path to misery.

How often have we heard someone say, "I've never liked myself," or "She just can't love herself"?  According to the Scripture, the Truth is that we do love ourselves --immensely.  When Jesus tells us to love our neighbors as ourselves, the point is not that we need to  learn to love ourselves so that we can love others.  Jesus is saying we need to give others the same attention and care we naturally give ourselves.  

The fact is, we do not hate ourselves, nor do we need to learn to love ourselves.  We need to learn to deny ourselves, so we can do that which comes naturally - to truly love God and others.  Our problem isn't so much a "poor self-image" as it is a "poor God-image".