Imagined Trouble Doesn’t Get Imagined Grace

July 20, 2015 By Alecia Baptiste 2 Comments

For some reason, my children love asking me hypothetical questions like, “Mom, what would you do if I took your phone and threw it on the floor?” Or “What would you do if I punched you in the face and ran out the door screaming?” My response is, “I don’t waste brain power on hypothetical situations.” I have enough real problems that I need to ponder and pray over. I don’t need to waste my energy on imagined problems.

Silly, right?

But how many of us, put ourselves in hypothetical scenarios without realizing it? I’ve done it to my self ALOT. I look at a situation that someone is in and think to myself, “I can’t imagine going through that.” All the while, I’m trying to imagine how I would handle the situation. And really… I can’t. I believe that our imaginations were never meant to be used that way. Our imaginations were given to us to create, not to “see” into the future or to project ourselves into someone else’s situation.Continue Reading

Unqualified and Yet More than Adequate

June 16, 2015 By Alecia Baptiste 2 Comments

A guest post by Kimberly Chase

If anyone was ever unqualified to homeschool their children it would be ME! I didn’t know how to be a mother (didn’t have one), I wasn’t particularly affectionate, and still wanted a mom myself! No college degree in teaching, not even a general studies or associates degree. Heck, I only made it through one year of college – a Bible college – where earned a stellar 1.9 GPA (I had an especially tough year…I was a solid B student in high school.)

On top of that I was battling severe marriage difficulties, chronic & severe depression, and we lived in poverty with one unreliable car (no co-ops or homeschool class options for us!) Oh, and one of my children was diagnosed with autism.

I was NOT qualified. I had no resources.

But God basically told us to homeschool anyway.

A Lesson in the School of Grace that I’ll Never Forget

April 24, 2015 By Alecia Baptiste Leave a Comment

19 years ago I was in grad school at the University of Texas. I was taking a senior level programming class for my engineering degree. I worked my buns off! It’s one of the hardest classes I’ve ever taken. After spending countless hours on programming assignments, I made a C.

That was devastating for me. One, because I didn’t make C’s. It was ok for other people to make C’s,but not me. That was a big blow to my identity. I had always been the smart girl. Smart girls don’t make C’s. Two, because I could lose my fellowship. Three, because I had worked so dog gone hard!Continue Reading

Lessons I’ve learned from my Students Part I

February 11, 2015 By Alecia Baptiste 1 Comment

I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned this before, but I currently work for a program called Brain Balance as a cognitive coach. I work with kids and some young adults with a variety of learning, and behavioral challenges. In the course of my time working with these struggling students, I’ve learned a lot. Because my student’s challenges are so extreme, their challenges are quite obvious. And because they are children, they don’t have the sophistication of adults who hide, excuse and mask their struggles.

As I’ve worked with my students, I’ve discovered some of my own flawed thinking about life. I’ve found myself thinking similar thoughts as theirs and making similar declarations. It’s much easier to see someone else’s flaws than it is to see your own. But the Holy Spirit is the perfect teacher and a revealer of truth. He continues to teach me many lessons about life (and myself) through my students.

I’d like to share just a few of the lessons that I’ve learned from them, with the hopes that perhaps you will gain some insight as well.Continue Reading

Imagined Trouble Doesn’t Get Imagined Grace

Unqualified and Yet More than Adequate

But God basically told us to homeschool anyway.

A Lesson in the School of Grace that I’ll Never Forget

Lessons I’ve learned from my Students Part I

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