That Which is Needful

(Another photo from our recent mountain trip - taken from along the rail trail)

"Each year, we need to sit down before the Lord and seek His face to see what IS the ONE thing that is needful for each child? Obedience? Learning to read? Ministering to the heart? Writing his first essay? Play? Learn to cook? Understand multiplication? Learn to write? Learn to build? Attentiveness? Read more?

I have found through the years that God tends to place those real needs on my heart long before it becomes part of my schedule. I KNOW those weaknesses need a special place on the program. I know those needs that need special emphasis. How about you? Is there a need that appears to be blaring? What comes to your mind?

My friend, that is the ONE thing that is "needful." Let that be the focus each and every day! Keep that as your focus for this season. Then, listen to the Lord for the next thing that is needful for each child. As we keep ourselves restrained toward the vision that God has given us for our children and do the thing that is needful, we will simplify our schedule and lifestyle and as a result, we will get MUCH, MUCH more accomplished."

-- From "Homeschooling the Easy Way! Volume Two Reprint Book" by Cindy Rushton