Reason to Homeschool

Just wanted to share this reason for homeschooling, from The Old Schoolhouse:
"I can't think of anything more intensely sanctifying than living together in the crucible of shared family experiences. In this context, none of us can escape the reality of our own sinfulness, and none of us has the opportunity to go too long without the correction, compassion, and/or encouragement of a brother or sister or parent or child. Each of us is challenged by those around us-those who observe us constantly and who see us without a facade-to align our practice with our faith, to love our Lord and our neighbor "not in word or in tongue, but in deed and truth." Call it Extreme Sanctification: Homeschool Edition. Where else will you find so many daily opportunities to run to the Cross, to repent, and to rest in the sufficiency of the work of Christ, if you give up homeschooling?"

Amen to that! Boy are we in the crucible right now.... Couldn't be because Nathanael is turning 13 in 11 days, or because our sinfulness now has such a huge impact on the family when all relations are strained due to these 'teenage moments' we deal with practically every second! Lord give us grace and a new perspective!!!

Now I know why everyone warned us that the teen years were coming!