All this summer we've fought a battle against ants in our house. Sometimes they are the fire ants (ouch!), other times they are the tiniest teensiest little black ants. Neither of them are fun to have around, but we can still learn from them.
The other day I woke up to find that someone had left the maple syrup bottle out all night. With the cap off. And the little stopper thing pulled up. Oh my. In the war on ants, this is basically inviting them to pull up a chair and stay awhile - not a good idea.
But as I got closer, I realized the situation wasn't nearly as bad as it could have been. Sure, there were a few dozen tiny ants crawling all over the cap, but they hadn't found the bottle yet. They were so busy scurrying and crawling over the traces of syrup left on the cap, that they had completely missed the treasure right next to it.
We can draw a few lessons from this little episode. I could talk about our spiritual lives, and how we often settle for far less than what God would love to give us. He doesn't want us to just have the cap, he wants to give us the whole bottle of syrup - metaphorically speaking. That would be a good lesson, but I'm also thinking of how to apply this to our homeschooling, and to DenimJumpers.com in particular.
You see, that little ant observation says a lot about why we started DenimJumpers.com. As homeschoolers, we're only just starting to tap into the resources of the Internet to bless our children. We finding bits and pieces, and it's exciting, but also frustrating at the same time. Surely there is even more, but we just can't figure out where to look or what questions to ask!
That's where DenimJumpers.com comes in. We're trying to build a place where homeschoolers can gather and share stories, links, ideas, humor, prayer and more. We want to be a place that puts you in touch with not just the tantalizing traces of the support and resources you need, but with the treasure that is out there and is beyond your imaginings.
So tap in, but even more importantly, add your own voice. Add your favorite links to the directory, contribute to the discussion forum, and help spread the word that there's good stuff just waiting to be found at DenimJumpers.com.
--Paul
Posted by paul at September 2, 2003 03:01 AM