And so begins the next phase of our life with Hannah beginning "big girl school". We really struggled as a family to decide what type of education she would receive. We weren't sure if we wanted to home school, send her to private school, or send her to public school. Keep in mind we have an awesome public elementary school literally in our back yard, and we have some really awesome families around us who are home schooling. We really agonized over making the "right decision" for our family. Ultimately we prayed about it and decided that God wasn't calling us to home school our kids. We felt like our kids could have a positive influence in their world if we let them. And as long as we were doing our job at home, their education would be fine. So we decided on public school.
This was confirmed to us as Hannah came home from the first day of summer school (CH has a pre-k socialization program) informing us that she'd invited her entire class to VBS and to church the next Sunday. She has since invited just about everyone in our neighborhood to church. Each day she wants to see who's outside so she can talk to them about Jesus. My heart bursts just thinking about the level of faith that she has and the boldness with which she proclaims Christ. I've certainly been convicted about my own lack of sharing my faith. Then she surprised us all by going forward at VBS to accept Christ as her own personal savior. Now my little girl isn't just sharing what she's heard all her life, she's sharing her OWN faith! Its hard to watch my girl grow up but this is one area that I couldn't be happier to see her mature in.
So here is a pic of our little girl headed out into the great big world. I often wonder what she will do with her life and I can only pray that she will continue to put Jesus first in her life! And share it with those around her... I pray that you have a blessed end of summer and that your changing seasons would bring about new wonders in your world!
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| On her way to summer school |
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| This little girl changed my world forever. I pray she changes the rest of the world too! |
3 comments:
I love what you wrote here. It brought me to tears. I was there when she accepted Jesus. It was so awesome. One thing that I think was orchestrated by the Lord was that most of the parents that would normally be right there by their children's side were not there that night. It shows us how, quite frankly, we can't mess up the plan that God has for our children. We raise them the best that we know how and ultimately it is their decision if they choose to follow Him or not. One thing that God showed me when my kids were 1,3, and 5 was that I could not be everything for my children and he never intended for me to be. Sounds like you are getting the same revelation. It was so freeing because I was so burdened with guilt and shame all of the time because I felt I wasn't good enough or not doing enough. If he made us to do it all, we would not have to trust him with our children. Your precious littlr girl is such a blessing to everyone she is around. I love to read these blogs. Shar, you and John are doing a phenominal job with kingdom living, modelled it out in front of your children. (Do nt have spell check) Love you guys, Jessica
Jessica- So true! I think you're absolutely right that God's plan for our kids is just that... His plan not ours! And as sad as I was to miss witnessing that experience in her life, I am so thankful for a Christian family who extends hugs and love and support to my girls. Thank you for being apart of that family! And you're right, it's comforting to think that I don't have to strive so hard bc God's got it all in his hands anyways! Love you girl!
i love this picture of hannah. you're doing such an amazing job as a mother shar. i can only imagine the internal struggle at times to protect, make happy, teach life lessons, encourage and referee your beautiful girls. not to mention the many other things and sometimes just getting through the day. your smart bold daughter hannah is proof of the wonderful job you're doing. can't wait to see you all soon! love ya.
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