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Do you have those days (and I know you do) that you feel that you’re constantly spinning plates?!Our courses are not difficult at all…its just when each kid is working on a different level (math, lang. arts, etc) at the same time! I’m trying to answer this one’s questions while helping the other. Even if I give an older a reading assignment, he may be done before I’m finished helping a younger and I feel that I have to keep the older occupied with work so that they wont go wandering outside. Then its difficult to reign them ALL back in to do our combined subjects!!!
Just reading that makes me exhausted; and that happens only in a short span of time.
After writing that to a beloved group of home educating moms, I was flooded with “that’s how our day goes” kind of responses.
Moments, days, weeks and months can begin to feel as though the spin cycle is the only setting we know.
I decided to stop the spin cycle.
A slight moment of doing nothing was the first thing.
I quit; ceasing all movement, talking and explaining.
My next step was physically removing myself from the work table.
Its during these times that “arrow prayers” are most beneficial.
I asked God the simplest request, “God. Help.”
No shouting out, just calm resolve and knowledge that I couldn’t do all of this right now.
The children’s individual work is still spread out on the table and they’re waiting for me to finish helping them, but right now, we’re doing our group work.
I grabbed my coffee and made myself comfortable in my chair, chose our music composers study and it was exactly what we needed.
I mean, it is said that “music calms the savage beast”, right?
We listened to ancient music, talked about, and sang it.
The kids didn’t want to end the lesson!
The Lord showed us in the Bible that we’re made to glorify and praise Him in song and with instruments.
King David is our prime example of that.
This kind of praise altered all of our emotions, frustrations, impatience and wiggles!
The spin cycle was stopped and we rested in God’s presence.
Before you start your next week, take a moment of calm.
Ask God for His strength and wisdom for every part of your day; the hustle of early morning, lunch time rush, interruptions, the “what’s for dinner” panic, cleaning your home, taking care of each child’s individual need, if you’re married; loving on your husband.
God will meet you and He’d love to help you stop the spin cycle.
For help with “refreshment”, here are a few posts from other M.O.M.s:
How to Find the Peace of God In the Midst of Your Stress
Being a Fully Present Woman
Ill-Fitting Armor
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