You are Peter. You, mother of that little flock of children you have there. Motherhood is a mad and swirling sea. It is wind beating on waves, storm on the horizon, tumult on the waters. It’s bigger than you can ever hope to be. You are clinging to your boat, quite a distance from land now, and the storm is rougher than you imagined it would be. And then God calls you to homeschool—to step out on the water. “Come.” Homeschool? Must I take this on too? “Take heart; it is I. Have no fear.” And so you do. You step out of the boat. Amazingly, the waves do not overtake you. You feel the wind
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