| ... | Helping with Homework -- by Lynn Zuk-Lloyd When I was young, my mother always made sure my homework was done properly. She encouraged me to be a good student and took time each evening to go over spelling words and drill me before tests so I knew the necessary information to do well on the exams. I wanted to do the same for my daughter, but didn't have the energy. After caring for her younger brother and working part-time during the day I was exhausted. It was a struggle just to keep my eyes open in the evenings and the patience that I wanted to give her just wasn’t there. I was grouchy and irritable. She deserved better. One night she asked me for help with spelling words. That went OK. Then she asked me to check over her math homework. That was a struggle, but I forced my sleepy mind to check every problem and only found a few mistakes. Then she informed me that she had a social studies test the next day and wanted me to ask her questions. My thoughts turned to anger because my body just wanted to go to bed and I was so tired I felt like I couldn’t function anymore. The most I could do was muster out a grouchy, “I’ll try.” I asked her a few questions and she gave wrong answers. I was annoyed and starting to loose my cool because she didn’t put much time into studying and it would take a long time going over and over the questions until she got them right. Suddenly a peacefulness came over me. I could hear myself asking social studies questions in a calm, loving manner. My eyes looked at the information and my mouth asked questions with gentleness and compassion that was far beyond me. Even though it was my voice, I knew it wasn’t me asking the questions. God had taken over. He gave my daughter what she needed that evening when I was too exhausted to function. God answered my prayer.
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