Years ago our family enjoyed the “Considering God’s Creation” curriculum by Eagel’s wings.  One thing we really liked was that there were songs to reinforce some of the concepts we learned.  There were songs about the planets, the weather, the water cycle, reptiles and even mold. There was one song though that I wish I could sing to you.  It was basically the prayer of a mother’s heart.

The melody is simple, and the lyrics are very basic,  but it has become a theme song for me to remember while on my homeschooling journey.

A Man of God

I don’t care if you play football or play in the band,

I don’t care if you’re a doctor or a garbage man,

it doesn’t matter if you’re good in school or great at art,

there is just one thing I care with all my heart.

That you grow up to be a man of God,

That you use his word as a measuring rod,

that you love your neighbor as yourself,

that you do not trust in this world’s wealth,

that you grow up to be a man of God.

I don’t care if you’re a loner or have lots of friends,

I don’t care if your clothes are new or they have lots of mends,

it doesn’t matter if your tall and thin or short and round,

there’s just one important thing that I have found.  Read more...

I received this in my email today…I don’t know if it is true that a 15 year old boy from Arizona wrote it. But…I thought it did have quite a bit of truth in it.  Yes, it is the sad truth.

Now I sit me down in school
Where praying is against the rule
For this great nation under God
Finds mention of Him very odd.

If scripture now the class recites,
It violates the Bill of Rights.
And anytime my head I bow
Becomes a Federal matter now.

Our hair can be purple, orange or green,
That’s no offense; it’s a freedom scene..
The law is specific, the law is precise.
Prayers spoken aloud are a serious vice.

For praying in a public hall
Might offend someone with no faith at all..
In silence alone we must meditate,
God’s name is prohibited by the state.

We’re allowed to cuss and dress like freaks,
And pierce our noses, tongues and cheeks…
They’ve outlawed guns, but FIRST the Bible.
To quote the Good Book makes me liable.
We can elect a pregnant Senior Queen,
And the ‘unwed daddy,’ our Senior King.
It’s ‘inappropriate’ to teach right from wrong,
We’re taught that such ‘judgments’ do not belong..

We can get our condoms and birth controls,
Study witchcraft, vampires and totem poles..
But the Ten Commandments are not allowed,
No word of God must reach this crowd.  Read more...