Hello Darren and Bradigans,
Thanks for your input and you both made great points and I agree with you! God is in control of everyone and where they are in their spiritual understanding right now; and to think less of a person is to think less of God b/c God has put them spiritually where HE wills. Yes, they (HSers) are blinded and they do not have a choice to see until HE opens their eyes; I have no problem what so ever with this understanding. (Again, I say that the HS group is 'deceived' b/c that is where God has put them; not to act like I am better than they since I am not 'deceived'.)
My whole point is that I am there to homeschool my son and to help him to get a well rounded education but he cannot get it from these people b/c they do not like the spiritual differences between us (even though we are not there to discuss our spiritual differences); thus, my child is not being offered the same learning opportunities as the other kids are getting. I cannot stay around a HS group who does not care for my child's learning opportunities; that defeats the purpose of being in a HS support group!
(So yes, due to the fact that they do not care THEN IT IS B/C GOD SET THINGS UP TO BE THAT WAY! (I AGREE AGAIN.) Therefore, I cannot blame THEM (or God), I can only be left with a choice that includes getting my son the educational support that he needs. Darren, I see it BOTH ways...me as a hypocrite if I stay around a HS group that clearly states that they are a Christian based organization and that they do not want anyone as member who is of a different view point on the 'christian plan of salvation'; as well as I AM EXTREMELY THANKFUL THAT GOD HAS GIVEN ME EYES TO SEE THESE SPIRITUAL TRUTHS.
Good point Darren; I think that God put me there three yrs ago to get me grounded in learning how to HS, while at the same time; I used to be blinded (and they knew me then) and now God has lifted the blinders, so He had me there to suffer ridicule as well; HE had me there to plant some seeds of truth (while currently there is ONE family that has been there for about 6 months now and they are open to these truths that I have been sharing with them! So...all of the above reasons is why HE put me there Darren. (Thank you for your insight.)
I agree; life is and should be simple...(I have to remind myself sometimes when in the midst of a trial as this), but, we are here on earth for the purpose of judging ourselves...this lifetime is our white throne judgement... and I am SO THANKFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GET IT RIGHT, right now.
I WAS (not any longer) just disappointed to think that I had planned to be with these HS families for 12 yrs of HS educational opportunities, and now I can't since they have closed off the opportunity for my son to learn with these kids since we cannot now get into their SUB GROUP within our already exclusive HS group ( they said that they were too full to accept any other member!)
Now I am sure that I could start up my own sub group within this exclusive HS group by working with a few other members who are also NOT a part of the sub group; but, even they do not want to get close to us b/c of our differing spiritual views; and yet, they do have a personal relationship with the members of the sub group; I know this, I've tried for 3 yrs now to no avail. My child understands that he must endure a certain amount of persecution, and believe me, for an 8 yr old, he has done more suffering at the hands of more family, neighbors, friends, and HS relationships than any 8 yr old child I know! (That is Gods' will too, so it's OK.) But, he also doesn't feel good to know that several of the HS group families all secretly went on a weekend campout and we were not even invited to that either! So as his parents, we do not want him where he is not wanted! hem not wanting us in their classes and personal lives has actually been a blessing b/c it helped us to make the decision to stay away where we are not welcomed. Again, GODS' WILL BE DONE even here. I cannot continue to sit back and allow my child to be ostracised day after day, year after year when all he wants to do is just be friends with his peers! HE needs friends like the HS kids have! He has suffered enough persecution in three yrs. (yes, Gods' will), but now its time to go where he is accepted/respected. HE will provide for Daniel to have friends and peers who respect him.
It is now time to do less with this EXCLUSIVE HS group and to do more with the other groups in town who are INCLUSIVE to anyone that is a HSer. I will just have to spend more time trying to arrange for my son to have access to the same opportunities that I am leaving. (which is also of Gods' design.) At least there is one other HS group that does not have a mandatory christian prerequisite view point in order to join! There are 7 diff HS groups in this town and 5 are christian, one is catholic, and one is non discriminatory (which is the one I will start getting active in order to get Daniel what educational opportunities that he needs and can get accepted at.)
Matt, I am sorry about taking the time to discuss this on your thread (although it does have a common parallel.)
So, if anyone wants to continue this HS discussion, please PM me. Thank you Darren...You've got alot of heart brother
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