Constant

It was bittersweet closing my Etsy store this year, and since then I've been reflecting back on the beginning of our homeschooling journey. Reflecting not only our homeschool journey, but also the growth of my children, myself and our lives in general. As much as our lives ebb and flow, I can see the constant thread of my God. I see how He has always been there patiently watching over and leading. So faithful and as constant as the earth spins and the sun rises and sets on us each day. 

James 1:17

Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.

Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

When we first began our homeschool journey I knew that we needed consistency in our daily activity to keep us on track with academics and train the children in forming good living habits. Now as we are about to enter our last year of Middle School, we know exactly what to do and when to do it. It's like clockwork. I don't need to spend the first hour of our day explaining the order of events or asking for the daily living tasks to be done. We just do them and that frees up time to get down to the learning. Consistency in early childhood pays out in big dividends and I am reeping those benefits now. 

My recent life events, which includes the birth of my third grandchild, has got me thinking about how important it is for my grandchildren to have grandparents who are consistent with their actions. Children thrive in consistency. Consistency is an attribute of Jesus and I want to be like Him in my service to my family. I do not have fancy things or tons of money to offer them, but I have something much better....love.... constant, unconditional love. I want my children and grandchildren to know that as sure as the sun rises I will be here waiting for them whenever they need me. I am going to be intentional about setting holiday traditions with them. Traditions they can take comfort in because they are consistent. 

During my time of reflecting back, I thought maybe I would start to write/journal our lives again, but this time without the restriction of have to do it to drive traffic for sales. I started searching for the platform to do such a thing and wouldn't you know.... I stumbled upon my old Blogger site. Blogging is so weird. Even the word, "blog," is funny. 😆 It makes me laugh. Going back through my old posts, some of which are so embarrassing I do not have the publish button on, I can see the huge personal grow. That makes me thankful. Thankful for the fact that even though I have gone through many changes in life, Jesus never changes. He is constant. 

The photo is of Payten and I at the Capitol with Homeschool Oklahoma. I know it's kind of random for a blog post about Lord's consistency, but I had to jump back in somewhere. Plus, I was trying to figure out how I was going to be pulling the images through. 

Lastly, I will leave you the song that comes to mind when I think about how constant God's love has been for me. Enjoy!

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Constant by Maverick City.