Covering Your Homeschool Doubts in Prayer

It's a horrible feeling, that self doubt that eats away at homeschooling moms.  With all the tried and true methods out there, and all the not so tried and true alternatives, there are lots of choices for homeschooling parents.  Yet, that feeling of doubt can still remain.

I get that feeling occasionally.  This year, knowing that our finances are limited, and that I wouldn't be affording the pre-planned curriculum that I had grown to trust, that feeling hit me square in the chest like a freight train.

As I weigh my options for this next year, I find myself fighting fear once again.  Questions that I haven't asked myself in years have resurfaced.  Have I planned thoroughly?  Did I choose the right phonics program? Will I cover all the necessary skills?

I didn't realize how strong these fears had gotten until last night, when I began to doubt the choices I had already made. It's that doubt, that feeling that the education I've planned for my children isn't good enough somehow.

I took some time last night to do something that I should have done the second these fears flooded me... I prayed.  And, ya know what?  The fears faded.

Have you covered your homeschool in prayer?  Are you keeping it covered in prayer?  It's so easy to let prayer slide, to get complacent with a certain method or curriculum, But life doesn't always stay the same.  Sometimes that method that worked so well with one child doesn't work with the next child.  Sometimes circumstances change and different decisions have to be made. Each step should be covered in prayer, even when you are sure you know what you are doing.  Let you confidence rest in God, not in a method or curriculum.  He might lead you to use workbooks, or living books, or unit studies, or even the traditional text books.