His Masterpiece

Spring Flowers, Princess 2012

"Let God's big had close gently over yours. With His help, even the discouraging scribbles of your life can become a masterpiece. Nothing would delight a Father's heart more." ~ Joni Earackson Tada   

The verse with this is: "I know that you can do all things; no plan of Yours can be thwarted." Job 42:2

Sometimes it's really overwhelming to homeschool.  Sometimes it's extremely overwhelming to homeschool kids who don't learn the same way we've learned...who might be more right brained than we are or who look at life completely differently than we do.  My Princess is like this.  She said to me last night when struggling over an easy reader that she picked out, "books hate me."  Now, my left-brained mommy voice kicked in and I told her that books are inanimate objects and cannot have feelings, but she was convinced last night that reading is evil and it's not for her.  I've had this battle with her for a long time.  Some days she loves to pick up a book and try to sound out the words, and other days it's a battle just to look at one.   Can I blame her?  She's 13 and reads at an early 2nd grade level.  Her dyslexia is a daily battle.  Her self-esteem is a daily battle.  She writes and draws like a kindergartener.  She can't put together a sentence on paper without an incredible amount of help and frustration.  It's in these moments that I have to remember that God created her and is helping her.  It might not be on her timetable (or mine), but He knows what He's doing and what she's capable of.  So I have to allow the scribblings of her life to become her masterpiece.  One day at a time.  We might not get everything accomplished in this next year that I want to accomplish, but slow and steady wins the race.  We are HIS masterpiece, so I must trust the Master to perfect that which He began.