Get up and get dressed

 Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
(Ephesians 6:11-12)

We sometimes get comfortable homeschooling within our four walls, and we tend to forget when we go outside, that there is a whole other world out there for us to deal with.  One of the main reasons I chose to home school was so that I would be able to equip my children with the tools that they needed to face the world.  

God allowed me to see that I was allowing someone else be the dominant person shaping my children's life. One who did not acknowledge HIM and one who valued the things of the world more than the things of God. 

Let's look at it this way, they went to school at 7:30 A.M. and came home at 3:30 P.M. that's eight hours out of the day that they spent with a total stranger with who knows what kind of values. Then, they come home and have to do home work, relax, etc. until bedtime. By the time I got in from work or whatever it is that I did, there is roughly half an hour to an hour, for me to check home work, talk and teach, maybe some form of scripture, (sometimes).

The point is, that by this time it's almost bedtime and so you have officially spent one hour with your child and a few seconds, teaching him or her their true value our worth in the eyes of God. In the meantime some one at school is bullying them, calling them ugly and robing them. Or, on the other hand, they are extremely nice to them, giving them money etc., and on the sly, they are taking sexual advantage of your child, (girl or boy). It's all in the news. For eight hours, your baby endures this other side to their lives and you are totally unaware until something drastic happens.

So, today, before you walk out the door, our send your child off to school, please remember to equip them with all that they need to fight in this raging war. Teach them to put on the full armor of God so that they can withstand the fiery darts of the wicked and if you have not made the decision to home school, give it some more thought and make a decision soon.

If you do home school, please make it a part of your morning devotion to cover your family your home and the educating of GOD'S children, in the blood of HIS son Jesus the Christ.


^{Ephesians 6:13} 

Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: