Home School Heartbeat Radio Program

What is your vision for your home school graduate? Chairman Michael Farris talks about keeping your eyes on the goal through years of home schooling, today on Home School Heartbeat.

Mike Farris:


One of the biggest advantages to home schooling a large family is the adults you eventually raise. When you first start out on the experiment of home schooling, you walk by faith and not by sight. It takes years to "train up a child", but now Vickie and I have the joy of seeing our children marry and start God honoring families of their own. I know what John meant when he wrote in 3 John 4, "I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth."


My wife Vickie and I continue in this home schooling adventure because now the vision we had twenty some years ago has materialized. We can look at our older children and see how God used our efforts, no matter how imperfect, to draw them to Himself and to teach them to walk with Him. When we look at our younger children, we see the potential that time, patience, faithfulness and prayer can unlock.


If you are struggling to persevere in your home schooling, our hearts and prayers go out to you. Perseverance is a virtue acquired over the long haul. Focus on the hope to which He has called your family, the riches of the glorious inheritance He gives His people, and His incomparably great power to accomplish His vision for your children. I'm Mike Farris.