AFHE convention

so this week end i was so lucky to be able to have attended the Arizona Families for Home Education convention!

let me just start by saying it was phenomenal! i learned so much and i was renewed in purpose and in strength! and i just felt uplifted and felt a very strong confirmation that home schooling is the right road heavenly father wants our family on. (i have been wavering about this... a lot) so it was truly a blessing to have the spirit speak to me So strongly and so clearly while i listened to the many speakers, who's stories, and words of comfort and encouragement pierced my heart and brought me the answers i have been praying for.

a few of the truths i want to remember and maybe share tonight before life gets the best of me and i forget...

1) being humbled, being uncomfortable, and pretty much being at any point where i feel its too much for me, is not a bad thing...in fact it's the best place for me to be, because it forces me to fall on my knees and ask my father in heaven for his help and guidance, his wisdom and his love! because he has a plan for each of us and wants us to ask him about it. he wants to walk that road with us and fill our hearts with joy and take away our sorrows. he is our father and he loves us!

2) the lord will weave and mend and sew and fill in any gaps that we can't fill, if we have faith and are doing our part. that if i put him first, every thing else will fit.

3) that i need to pray for the lords vision for my life, and for my children's lives... and once he shows me what that is, and even before he tells me what that is, to tell my children that god has a plan for them, that he loves them, that he is proud of them and the good they are the good things they're doing and will do. to point them towards his light and his love, to teach them to glorify god in all things, from the wonder of his tiniest bugs to the majesty of the night sky, so when they are away from us, and our home, or if the ever wander... all things will be a reminder to them and guide them back home to their loving father in heaven.

4) that homeschooling is hard!... "homeschooling is sanctification on steroids!" but we are doing gods work, he has called us to this and we need not waver. because he is with us, he will work through us and provide miracle after miracle in our lives and in our behalf, and that we should look for the miracles and hand of god in our lives and we will be amazed! and our faith will increase. and in turn we will be able to serve and help others in his behalf.

5) that it's OK to start slow and that i don't have to do every thing, that i should stay home and enjoy this journey, and this time i have with the kids, it is sooo precious!that i need to stay focused on the goals and desires of my heart and home, to set limits.. like "don't mess with dinner" and the first thing we do in the morning is our scripture study. that the kids see what matters and is important to me, and that they know that" they" are a priority to me.. and if that means not answering the phone or not checking facebook while they work so be it! to guard my time and that it is OK for me to to say no, when other things are better for my family.

any way... i am just so grateful for the hand of god in my life, for my family and friends who support me on my journey. for the knowledge that heavenly father listens to my prayers and knows my needs and that i can take my every care to him and find peace. i am truly blessed.