Counting for Eternity
By Cris Loop
http://www.ChristianPerspective.net
As I approach my last year of official homeschooling (my baby is now a senior), I am finding myself contemplating what really matters in homeschooling. What about homeschooling will count for eternity? Good grades and academic knowledge? Or a complete trust in God and dependence on Him?
My homeschooling years have sped by quicker than I have thought possible. Looking back, I see how many times I got off course and placed my focus on things that don’t really count for eternity, such as academics and activities. I often tried to live up the standards of the school system instead of to God’s high calling that I would know and depend on Him in everything.
I want to encourage you to invest each precious day you have at home with your children into things that matter. When all is said and done, it will not matter how high or low your children’s test scores are, nor how successful or unsuccessful they are by the world’s standards. Have your children learned to see God in all they do? Have they seen you depending on Him? May we each ask God to help us make today count for eternity.
Meet Cris Loop
Cris Loop began officially homeschooling back in 1988. She initially felt unqualified to teach her children because she doesn’t have a college degree! God, however, gave her Isaiah 54:13, promising that He would teach her children. Over the years, she watched God prove Himself sufficient to teach not only her children, but her as well. Now that her children have both graduated, Cris can look back at her homeschooling years and share the lessons that God taught (and is still teaching) her. She helps operate an online ministry to homeschool families called Christian Perspective. Christian Perspective offers unique holiday devotionals, homeschool articles/resources, free monthly newsletters, and information on teaching math from a biblical perspective. Their mission is to help families “Seek the LORD, and his strength” (Psalm 105:4) in every aspect of life. You can find out more or sign up for their free newsletters on their website, www.christianperspective.net.