Reflections....

God is amazing. This time last year I was about to embark on a new adventure - the adventure of homeschooling my children! It is definitely a calling - a mission if you will. I was scared to death when I received the curriculm in the mail. I think that I could have sat down and cried over the books because I was so overwhelmed, and my kids were going into... well they were starting Kindergarten.

You have heard of the show "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?" Well I wondered, and I wasn't sure I was going to make it past K-5! Now here we sit at the last day of our first year of school and with the help of God it was a huge success. I set big goals for the boys (and myself) and we reached every one of them! Now I am excited about next year and can't wait to get the books in!

I have learned a lot in Kindergaten, really I have! It is amazing all the stuff I am catching this time around that I didn't get when I was in school myself. Just like life and God and the Bible - we learn something new and exciting everytime we open His Word, even if it is something we have read 100 times before. There is always a fresh Word from Him! It is there for our taking - we just have to pick it up and partake of the blessings!

I was reading the devotional that we read everyday at the start of school' and at the end of each devotion it has a info box about our amazing world. One in particular talked about the moon having no light of it's own. The moon was like a mirror and it reflected the sun's light. A profound thought crossed my mind and I thought, "Wow, we are just like the moon".

We have no light of our own - we are all mirrors and made to reflect the Son's light. We are supposed to be a display of His splendor (Isaiah 61:3) Regardless of what we reflect we are still mirrors. We are reflecting something, and I can think of nothing more awesome than to reflect the love, mercy, grace, hope, and salvation of Jesus Christ to others!

Reflecting,
Jennifer