A Moment with The Homeschool Minute ~ Hey Mama – Gena Suarez, Publisher of TOS
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Hey, Mama,
I don’t know about you, but this could be a common lament at my house: “Help I ran out of time to do everything I planned!” In my zoo (otherwise known as a family–grin), that’s a common problem. I can make all kinds of plans, but real life all too often steps in and rearranges them. I have had to learn to give my plans to the Lord and trust that He will help me get done what’s important.
But right now, Mama, I can see that your brow is furrowed again, and I think things are more difficult for you than just running out of time. I look at you and see the worry lines, and I want to reach out and smooth them away. I’m sorry about this season of life you are going through; I know it’s just HARD right now. But God is working here; He is building character in all of us. Remember what God’s word teaches about joy and how trials actually bring it about:
“Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” James 1:2-4 (NASB)
So the trial is difficult right now and it’s sad. It’s not even “just hard” or an unemotional challenge; it’s actually grievous–the heart in the shoes kind of grief. But He knows. And He won’t forget that you are leaning on HIM as you go through this. Refinement: that is you right now, Mama. You are enduring much, and your reward is that you will be complete, lacking in nothing! He wins! You win!
Others too throughout the centuries have faced terrible difficulties–far worse than this one actually; we’re not alone. And this lifetime is a blink of an eye compared to our “real” life, the true adventure of eternity. Now THAT is real life. And it is coming for those who love and obey our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. (He said, “If you love Me, you will obey Me.”)
So Mama, worry robs you of energy–energy you could spend on your hubby and kids tonight, OK? Shrug it off; you are “not available” for that right now. You are free, God has everything under control, and you are going to be just fine. Your Father is with you.
“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows; it empties today of its strength.” –Corrie ten Boom
Walk, Mama.
~ gena
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Don’t put off saying today, what you can’t say tomorrow! The Frankie Goldsmith Titanic Story
Nine-year-old Frankie Goldsmith’s view of the world around him was still blissfully shaded in innocent wonder when he and his parents boarded the RMS Titanic on April 10, 1912. They were leaving behind the harsh life of a poor, working class family in England for what they hoped would be better life in the USA.
Back home, all British children were entitled to a basic elementary education, but most working class children would leave school at a fairly early age to go to work, usually around twelve. At this magic moment in time, standing on the deck of the mighty Titanic, young Frankie felt his educational and spiritual journey was just beginning.
On the fourth night at sea, an iceberg stopped the clock. In two hours and forty minutes Titanic would be gone, but none of the passengers knew that. Precious moments passed before reality finally set in. When it did, it was already too late for most, especially those in third-class, like the Goldsmith family.
If only there was more time. If only there were more lifeboats. If only Captain Smith had heeded iceberg warnings. If only all of the If Onlys could put Titanic back together again, Frankie and his father would never have been separated, but they were. Standing at the railing watching his wife and dear son being lowered away in a lifeboat, he patted Frankie on the shoulder and said “So long Frankie. I’ll see you later.” Frankie, not knowing this was the end, had no reason to think otherwise, so he failed to tell his father how much he loved him and that he that he would honor him for the rest of his life. There would be plenty of time for that, later.
It could be said that one of the morals of the Titanic story is– don’t put off saying today what you can’t say tomorrow.
Titanic Museum Attraction Life Lessons!
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