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Today, my 2 homeschooled kids (age 16 and 11) and I are joing our close friends, 2 other homeschool moms and their kids ( 2 more 16yo's and a 12 year old) for a little homeschool Christmas party and cookie bake today. As of the time of this writing we have finished the party part and are moving on to the cookie party.

We found out during the Christmas IQ quiz that even those of us who have gone to church all our lives and read the Bible ten times over don't know everything there is to know about the Christmas story. We decided we should have read what Mathhew and Luke have to say about the nativity BEFORE the quiz, not after when we were trying to make sense of the answers.

I also found out this year that both my kids that are at home think that Christmas is all about being with family and enjoying the ones you love. So does my husband! Noble as that is, it's not the reason for the season - just a perk.

So this year, my family and I are celebrating the Twelve Days of Christmas starting on the evening of Dec. 25th. There are no hard and fast rules about celebrating the Twelve Days. The twelfth day is supposed to represent the day the Wise Men arrived with gifts for baby Jesus. So we've decided our Twelve Days celebration will emphasis the reason for Jesus birth and the blessed creativity that the Lord gave human beings (this year in the form of that various versions of the Twelve Days of Christmas song). By Jan. 6th, my children and my husband should be able to say what Christmas is about and why; and hopefully, next year, we will have a firmer foundation from which to start.

My prayer today is that the Lord will open my eyes to the details I have failed to take note of in the Scriptures I have read so many times. I pray that their meaning be made clear by the Holy Spirit, and they will be engraved in the Bible of my brain. I pray each of my fellows on this site will make a careful reading of the nativity passages and note at least one new detail this year that has slipped by them in the past, and that this detail will enrich your lives and understanding of God's plan for us. In Jesus' name, I pray.

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Comment by Rob Dressel on December 21, 2007 at 9:11pm
Hi Kelly,
I give all the praise to our faithful Father. He has blessed you with your baby bumpkin to raise your baby in the instruction of the TRUTH! We and our children do not want to sit or stand in the counsel of the ungodly, where the perfect message of this temporal journey does not exist. What a great blessing for you to stand in awe of Jesus daily in His classroom, which resides in your sanctuary, and share His unfailing love with your children. Kelly He is allowing you to nurture them with the love and truth that resides in the midst of your heart. This is God's will that everyone of His children are taught the truth. These worldly schools teach our kids the lie of this world. The schemes of the devil. We have a important job to do... protect our children from being deceived. I want to encourage all parents who read this. Alls our children need is hope faith and love, which love is the greatest of these. God is pure love. Teach your children to obey His commandments and He who is faithful will make sure they live out His will, which He has planned for all of us before He laid the foundation of His creation. Why do we want to throw our children in the lions mouth where they will be deceived of their true hearts that our Father made and only knows? Kelly you and every mom out there who is truly teaching your children the truth are so blessed and rich in heart. Let's teach His children the truth so, their heart and minds will be guarded in His precious peace through Christ Jesus our Lord. Home schooling develops a narrow mind that keeps there thoughts on the narrow path to Heavens gate. Wordly Schools develop a broad mind which leads to the broad path of eternal destruction.

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