Real Purpose of Home Education

 To What Purpose?

 Do you ever feel like your life is on autopilot?  Daily, you go through the motions of “living” without knowing what direction you are headed, let alone what goal you are attempting to achieve.  I would have to say that most of our culture lives in this mode.  They don’t have a true assurance of where they will end up so they live each day for itself.  Their motto is “eat, drink and be happy; for tomorrow we may die”.   

I am currently listening to a video training series, titled “Dynamic Communications workshop” by Ken Davis.  Did you know that you could be a powerful, charismatic public speaker and still be a poor communicator?  This video is giving me several positive tools to become a better communicator.  I have also had significant training in strategic planning directed toward organizations. 

As I have pondered the content of these subjects, one common thread weaves it’s way throughout that stands out to me.  That thread is PURPOSE!  In the communicator’s video training, the key word is “objective” and answers the question of why and defines the purpose of your talk.  In strategic planning, your mission statement is your purpose.  It defines why your organization is in existence.  The Westminster Catechism asks the question “Why do we exist” and sets forth the answer “To glorify God and to enjoy Him forever”. 

God has given each of us a desire for accomplishment and purpose.  We are a goal-oriented people.  We are not placed on this earth just to take up space and live our lives as we see fit.  To the ungodly, this striving for purpose manifests itself in the accumulation of possessions or the thirst for power.  For those of us who have accepted Christ as Savior, He has filled that void but our sense of purpose is not diminished.  Through the leading of the Holy Spirit, God works through us to accomplish His work on earth. 

As you begin this new school year, I would encourage you to seek for and recognize the real purpose in your decision to home educate your children.  God is working through you to do His good will in your life.  Be faithful to His calling.  Take the time to focus on both your personal and family objectives.  What do you want to accomplish this year?  Why?  What is your purpose?  Sit down with your spouse and develop a mission statement.  Then, when you are discouraged in the coming year, you can pull out that mission statement and remind yourself of your goals.  Recognize that God is continuing His work in your life and in the lives of your family. 

May God bless your faithfulness in this coming year as you walk the path He has laid before you. 

Bruce D. Purdy