Wanted:

Wanted: Women who love the Lord, their husbands and their children. (Titus 2:4)
Must be prepared to work long hours without pay and  sometimes without appreciation.  Must be able to survive on very little sleep, work with a limited budget, forgo adult conversation for long periods of time and leap tall buildings if required!. Experience in nursing, teaching, hospitality, accounting, first aide, taxi driving, refereeing, cooking, industrial cleaning, laundering, counselling, coaching, food and nutrition, cheer leading, animal husbandry or any other skills useful to manage and control a busy household would be an advantage.  However, women without previous training/ experience may apply if they are willing to develop skills in the above mentioned areas.  Guaranteed to produce long term job satisfaction and the undying love and gratitude of her husband and children.


All jokes aside, who can find that virtuous woman?

After asking my readers about their choices in subjects during high school, whether you went to Uni and the usefulness of these courses in your subsequent lives, I asked also about the academic qualifications, if any.  necessary to teach your children at home. I was not surprised that most of my commenters did not think that even a Year 12 pass was required.

We leave school with a little knowledge and not a lot of wisdom.....

Our academic subjects whether learned at home or at school will in the long run often contribute very little to our lives.  Some will study specific subjects to reach a particular goal eg.  many of my school friends took Biology and Chemistry primarily to enter nursing.  Many will try various courses and have various jobs through out life.  The toughest job for us women is motherhood.

As home schooling mothers we are sometimes told, "Oh, you must be sooooo patient!"  No, but we are having on the job training for that !  It is neither academic prowess nor a sweet nature (though that may be very beneficial) but commitment to doing this job which is unrelenting.  As Christians we do not rely on our own strength so it is our God who strengthens us.  It is he who convicts us that this is the right direction for our families.  Whether your husband is saved or not I have noted that it is very important that this is something he wants for your family.  There can be only conflict and division if a mother forces it upon them.

God  requires that we train up our children in the way that they should go.  (Proverbs 22:6)  and he will certainly enable us and strengthen us when the going gets tough.  We are to  teach them as we stand up and as we lie down.  Whether our children attend a public school, private or home school we are to read and teach God's Word but most importantly  show by example what it means to live as believers in the Lord Jesus Christ.  Do we ask forgiveness and humble ourselves before God and our family?  Do we meet and fellowship with the people of God?  Do we extend hospitality to brethren and the needy?  These are just some of the character lessons that children observe from a young age.

The Word of God is our sure foundation.  Learning to read, write and cipher are the basic skills we are to teach to our children.  They are the corner stones. I do not believe it is necessary, nor in fact possible, for us to impart every skerrick of knowledge to our children, but we give them the tools and resources and set them on a voyage of discovery. 

For me the goal is to raise God fearing children who are useful and decent members of society.

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;

 but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

P.S.  I am the girl in the second row from front, second on the left!
in the class photo posted on Tuesday.