08/18/2026
Today, during homeschool planning, I was thinking about what kind of world I’m building & eventually will leave behind for my daughter. I imagine that I do my most impactful “teaching” by how I live my life in front of her.
What if today was it? What has she learned from me? What do I have to hand to her?
Looking at my life now, I can confess that it doesn’t feel like much.
Many days, I fall into the temptation to take on the imaginary burden of “doing enough”. So much so that it can overwhelm me & cause me to do nothing at all… But, I digress.🤪
Off of the top of my head, I have two things to hand her that are priceless treasures to me. Journals full of my process with God & my intensive desire to know Him. And a marked up Bible detailed with well worn paths that I’ve walked in the Word.
She’ll have learned that sanctification is a lifelong journey, not a sprint. And that scripture actually applies to life. It isn’t just something we read to start the day. By the power of the Holy Spirit, it’s meant to change us. It’s meant to inform the way we live. If you aren’t intentionally moving towards Jesus, you’re drifting.
She’ll also have learned to run to other comforts other than Jesus at times… Entertainment, social media, shopping, isolation, self indulgence. We all have our secret idols that need tearing down every now & again.
She’ll have learned to compromise. To walk through seasons where she finds herself neglecting devotion to the Lord & to fall into sin. To lose her temper… To just be wrong.
As painful as the previous two points are, even they can be worked together for good through exposure. Confessing to her when I’ve sinned, detailing what was taking place in my heart (in an age appropriate manor, of course)… In that, I’m equipping her to wrestle with the Lord & run the race well.
Our success in building a world for children is directly impacted by the degree in which we let them into ours.
How much of you does your child see? Any thought patterns or struggles of yours that they may need clarity on? Any lessons God is teaching you that could impact their lives? How do they see you spend your time? What are your habits and disciplines? What are you teaching them in the classroom of your life?
As we step into the school year, let this be a reflection for all of us. Let us examine ourselves & carefully study what kind of fruit is coming off of our lives, because those most precious to us are eating of it.
“Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them!”
Psalm 127:3-5a