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Helping homeschool moms cultivate victorious rest

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BHC Fair 2020

Hello Birmingham homeschool friends! Oh, how I wish we could gather in person for our event! However, I am so incredibly thankful for the Birmingham Homeschool Community team and the way they have quickly adjusted to provide an amazing online experience for us.

Everything I offer is intended to help you cultivate a victoriously restful heart in the midst of daily homeschool battles. If we could chat in person at my booth, these are the resources I would share with you. Scroll down for details.

  • Check out my new book The Restful Homeschool Resolution: 21 Days to Transform Your Homeschool.
  • Join our Restful Homeschool Mommas Facebook group.
  • Request your FREE ebook: A Year of Victorious Rest
  • Join my email list for a weekly Rest Stop and monthly Restful Habit.
  • Hear me speak in an upcoming conference. Lots of options below!
  • Contact me at aimee@aimeesmith.com or join me on Facebook.

Book readings

I’ll be reading portions live on my Rest in the Trench Facebook page on Mondays and Thursdays at 1pm while we’re all at home during the pandemic season.

Paperback and Kindle

Available on Amazon

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Hear what people are saying about it! Download your bonus resources (requires password inside the book)

Join our Restful Homeschool Mommas Facebook group. Our conversations is just getting started, and we would love to have you join us! We’ll share encouragement, practical tips, and accountability as we seek to cultivate restful hearts so we can love and serve our families and neighbors well.

Request your free ebook: A Year of Victorious Rest. You’ll also receive weekly Rest Stop and monthly Restful Habit emails to help in your journey toward a restful heart and homeschool.

FREE March 18 through March 24! Digital swag bag included. Or you can purchase lifetime access for $12. Lifetime access will increase on March 25, so hurry! Community group included with purchase.

Join the How to Homeschool Summit!

My session:

Pursuing Excellence in Your Homeschool Without Sacrificing Relationship – As families begin homeschooling, important tasks of choosing curriculum, planning lessons, and scheduling routines are essential. Homeschool parents’ desire for excellence in their family’s education is good. However, there is a hidden danger of allowing these tasks to overshadow maintaining healthy relationships. This session will include 5 strategies to foster strong family relationships while providing an excellent education.

Registration opens April 1. Conference runs April 6-10 with a highly engaged community group and digital swag bag filled with freebies and coupons!

More info about the 2020 Homeschool Moms Conference

My sessions include:

In Pursuit of Restful Homeschooling – Restful homeschooling is birthed in the heart in a restful homeschool momma. Moms seek rest in many ways, yet often discover they’re filling a leaking cup. This session will discuss 3 types of rest moms need, practical steps to pursue each type, and one over-arching principle to pursue a restful heart. When momma’s heart is restful, her entire family will enjoy a restful homeschool.  

3 Strategies to Productively Homeschool with Chronic Illness – Homeschool moms with chronic illness are all too aware of their obstacles and frustrations when simply getting dressed can be a challenge. Despite the struggles, these moms can successfully homeschool. School, however, might need to look a bit different than their original expectations. This session will explore 3 practical strategies to help keep school going well even when mom is not well.

Maintaining Sanity while Homeschooling with Littles – “I can’t even go to the bathroom by myself!” This might be the season of life they’ve dreamed of for years, but the constant pull for their attention can push moms of little ones to the edge of the sanity cliff. Thankfully, moms can reclaim their sanity by incorporating 3 refreshing principles into their thought life and 3 practical strategies into their home life. They can not only maintain sanity but reclaim a sense of joy while homeschooling with little ones.

Teach Them Diligently 2020 Homeschool Conventions Center Around Christian Homeschooling • Parenting • Discipleship • Marriage

I’ll be speaking IN PERSON at Teach Them Diligently this year. (If the in-person events must be cancelled, I’ll be joining the online events.) Join me in Mobile, AL (May 7-9) or Athens, GA (June 11-13).

Conference runs April 6-8, 2020, then you’ll have lifetime access. This conference is not homeschool specific. Rather, it is a gathering of women telling personal stories of how our FAITH kept us GROUNDED through difficult circumstances. • 20+ speakers• 10 hours worth of sessions • worship music videos • downloadable faith prints• forever access

$10 Early bird ticket available now.

My session:

Waiting Well: A Ten Year Adoption Journey – Yes, it’s exactly what it says. Here’s the short version: November 2009, God saved me from near-fatal complications in delivering our baby Caleb. October 2010, God promised me we still have another daughter. My husband, however, did not have the same calling. January 2019, day #21 of our annual 21 days of prayer, everything changed.

*Affiliate links – your purchase will help fund my family’s upcoming adoption. Thank you!

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Homeschooling... Seeking rest in chaos... Persevering through chronic illness... Tenaciously worshiping in trials... Clinging to Jesus through it all.

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After a decade of homeschooling, I wonder if I'll After a decade of homeschooling, I wonder if I'll ever be consistent. Our homeschool story consists of one disruption after another life interruption. I often wonder, "if only I could be consistent..."
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I have discovered something far better. God is constant. He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. You see, my consistency places the weight of success or failure on my shoulders, but God hasn't asked me to produce a successful homeschool. He has called me to praise and trust Him.
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"My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises!" (Psalm 57:7)
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God's constancy overshadows my consistency, or lack thereof. So I will sing His praise, and my heart will be steadfast. That's what my family really needs anyway: Mom's steadfast heart.
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We may not know what's ahead. . We may not know wh We may not know what's ahead.
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We may not know which direction to turn.
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But we know the One who walks with us all along the way.
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(If you aren't confident you're walking with Jesus, if you're unable to find peace, please reach out. I would love to talk with you.)
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#restfulhomeschool #homeschoolburnout #homeschoolprayers #homeschoolmom #homeschooldevotions
What if being still is a prerequisite for knowing What if being still is a prerequisite for knowing God?
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For really knowing Him. For truly believing He WILL be exalted in all the earth. For being able to relax and rest knowing all will be ok.
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"(God) says, 'Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.'" Psalm 46:10
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What if the AND is really a SO?
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Be still SO you *can* know. Be still in order to KNOW. .
He is God.
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Maybe this is part of why God instructs us to rest.
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Wait. . Is this the story of our entire lives righ Wait.
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Is this the story of our entire lives right now? Why do we have such desire for something beyond the current moment? What are we waiting for?
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My mind, as yours I expect,  is filled with many unanswered questions and much uncertainty. And so we wait.
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As we wait, let's keep our focus.
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Psalm 53:9 - "I will wait on Your Name for it is good."
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Wait on Jesus. He is good.
"Restore to me the JOY of your salvation." Psalm 5 "Restore to me the JOY of your salvation." Psalm 51:12a
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Every morning. I need His restoration.
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Every morning. He gives us His Word. He offers renewal. He restores our joy.
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What did you read in God's Word today?
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No gatherings for worship or fellowship today. Clo No gatherings for worship or fellowship today. Clouds instead of a glorious sunrise. A threat of major storms here in the southeast. Jesus, why couldn't we at least have a beautiful day? What are You trying to accomplish?
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A few minutes in Luke 24 reveals the first Easter wasn't all glorious either. People were filled with confusion, fear, and doubt.
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Women arrived at the tomb early to serve Jesus. Peter ran to the tomb only to return with confused answers. Men walking to Emmaus encountered a puzzling stranger.
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Until they each had a personal encounter with Jesus Himself. He explained the Scriptures, opened their eyes, and gave understanding to their minds.
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Jesus gave them peace, promise, and an expectation of power. .
Their world continued in unrest, but they were changed.
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How will Jesus' peace, promise, and power change us today?
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