If you're in the thick of raising kids, you might find yourself from time to time completely lost in jungle that is parenting. Running, feeding, dropping off, picking up, teaching, coaching, problem-solving, laundry washing, supporting - it's all consuming most days. And then God wakes you up and reminds you that while the needs are all there, what our hearts need to be focused on is only this:

 

 

There's much more to it than that, and the Bible is filled with Truth, Peace, and Wisdom so that we can learn how to live through the Holy Spirit and truly let the fruit of His Love be evident in us.

 

I'm raising my second set of kids now and I've learned even more about what matters and what doesn't. What does matter? That we teach our kids to selflessly see people and to follow up with care and service.

 

This can happen naturally when we, as grown-ups, pray to learn how to do this too. Then our kids join us in showing love and serving people. Our adult kids have proven that serving alongside their parents is a marvelous thing. 

 

Who have our adult kids become after serving alongside us for years? They have all become caring, servant-hearted people. It's natural to them and it's beautiful to see. 

 

Our family plans to make the Serving Suggestions packet a top priority within our Summer School at Home activities during the next few months. Everything included in this file makes serving people natural, easy, and as a bonus, many of the ideas sync up with other learning tools in the other packets!

 

Here's a little snippet from our Parent Guide, which you can download here.

 

​​​​​​​I highly recommend downloading the Parent Guide here so that you can see what we've put together for families this summer. The Summer School at Home Toolbox is incredibly simple and will weave itself though your family time this summer very naturally. And no worries, there will still be all kinds of time to do nothing and everything this summer!