Yesterday at lunch, our youngest observed that the crackers he ate looked like the bread our church uses for communion. I told the boys about matzoh and its use in the Old Testament during Passover. We talked at length about God passing over and protecting the little ones of Israel. That led to discussions about God's people and about worshiping in the way God prescribes.
This is the very essence of why we home school. This is why our family embraced the challenge of educating an autistic child. Yes, having a Christ-centered curriculum keeps a child's worldview intact, not dividing the "religious" from the "secular." But the real importance comes in these day-to-day interactions when a child's questions lead right into the heart of our faith.
When we contact the local school board regarding our decision to home school, we cite such scriptures as Deuteronomy 11:19: "You shall teach them [God's laws] to your sons, talking of them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road and when you lie down and when you rise up."
Quite frankly, the responsibility of this scares me. But I am delighted to see God working this out in our home, to see how He is working in my children's hearts to ask the questions and to discuss my responses.
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