The children & I had a WONDERFUL time attending the OCEANetwork Home School Conference in Portland, Oregon this last weekend! One of the things I loathe about these conferences is that feeling you get that you've been beat up by a speaker & you feel like a complete failure as a home school mom. Not so at this conference! It was a total encouragement! I'm SO glad we went (even though Daddy couldn't come) and plan to attend every year from now on, Lord willing!
If you are a home schooling family & are able, I would encourage YOU to attend a home school conference near you by clicking on this link: Great American Homeschool Conference Go to the tab that says conferences & scroll down to look for your state. Most of them have already taken place for this year, but you can still check out what's coming up in your area by familiarizing yourself with your state's home school group's website.
Maybe you've just begun having children and you know that you want to home school, but don't know where to start. These conferences are a GREAT resource!!! And, they are a great resource for families who need encouragement who have been home schooling for years. Where ever you are in your stage of home schooling, you won't be disappointed by attending these conferences.
Both of my teen children told me just this morning how they don't ever want to miss another conference again! (This is the first year we've attended both the OCEANetwork AND the Christian Heritage Home Educators of Washington) I was so encouraged by their determination! Their young minds are fertile soil that will raise up the next generation of children in the fear & admonition of the Lord! There is a LOT of HOPE in that! The Lord will be glorified, He will bless their efforts & continue to further His kingdom!
6.28.2011
6.05.2011
"Caring Love" from the Valley of Vision
"All-sufficient King,
When I come into Thy presence I see the glory of Thy perfections, the throne of eternal & universal empire, the ten thousand times ten thousand who minister to Thee.
Impress my mind with the consciousness of Thy greatness, not to drive me from Thee but to inspire me to approach Thee; not to diminish my confidence in Thee, but to lead me to admire Thy great condescension.
Thou hast been mindful of me & visited me, taken charge of me from birth, cared in all conditions for me, fed me at Thy table, drawn the curtains of love around me, given me new mercies every morning.
Suffer me not to forget that I look for yet greater blessings--a hope beyond the grave, the earnest & foretastes of immortality, holiness, wisdom, strength, peace, joy; all these Thou hast provided for me in Christ.
I grieve to think how insensible I have been of the claims of Thy authority, & the endearments of Thy love; how little I have credited Thy truth, trusted Thy promises, feared Thy threats, obeyed Thy commands, improved my advantages, welcomed Thy warnings, responded to Thy grace; but notwithstanding my desert I yet live.
May Thy goodness always lead me to repentance, & Thy long suffering prove my salvation."
When I come into Thy presence I see the glory of Thy perfections, the throne of eternal & universal empire, the ten thousand times ten thousand who minister to Thee.
Impress my mind with the consciousness of Thy greatness, not to drive me from Thee but to inspire me to approach Thee; not to diminish my confidence in Thee, but to lead me to admire Thy great condescension.
Thou hast been mindful of me & visited me, taken charge of me from birth, cared in all conditions for me, fed me at Thy table, drawn the curtains of love around me, given me new mercies every morning.
Suffer me not to forget that I look for yet greater blessings--a hope beyond the grave, the earnest & foretastes of immortality, holiness, wisdom, strength, peace, joy; all these Thou hast provided for me in Christ.
I grieve to think how insensible I have been of the claims of Thy authority, & the endearments of Thy love; how little I have credited Thy truth, trusted Thy promises, feared Thy threats, obeyed Thy commands, improved my advantages, welcomed Thy warnings, responded to Thy grace; but notwithstanding my desert I yet live.
May Thy goodness always lead me to repentance, & Thy long suffering prove my salvation."