Things I am learning through home-education

One thing I hadn't really expected while home educating was how emotional I would get sometimes and how much I'd personally learn.  Today I found myself choking back tears while reading to the children about Ellis Island.  It really touches my heart when we look back and see what our fore-fathers and mothers endured and accomplished to get us to where we are today.

Thankfully the boys didn't see this, but there have been other times where they have seen me get emotional about our historical roots. I am enjoying learning again and I am also enjoying the opportunity to delve deeper into areas in which we are interested.

Another thing I have experienced is that I am learning so much spiritually.  We have been doing a character study about humility.  One of the most profound things I have learned through this series is the seriousness of pride.  Satan himself was kicked out of Heaven because of his pride.  If I have pride in my heart, then I am being like Satan.  It really hit me hard and made me realize how important humility is.  We have been reading verses about Jesus' humility and the contrast between Jesus' humility and Satan's pride.   We can also have prideful hearts if we think that the things that we do will somehow save us.  That is so prideful because it takes our eyes off His blood and what He did and puts it on our own works.  Humility is when we realize that anything good that comes out of us comes when the Holy Spirit lives in our hearts.  Our flesh is no good at all  (Romans 3:10).  The only good things I do are because He does them through me.  He is the potter and I am the clay.

 I am using  http://www.characterjournal.com/.  It is a fantastic resource for character trait studies because it points directly to Scripture.  I actually have to look the verses up as we study.