If your family is like ours, right now you’re scrambling to fill out 3,476 back-to-school forms, just as you realize that every kid’s shoes are too tight and their jeans are too short, and you need to buy $978 worth of pencils and glue sticks. In between fears that you’ll need a second mortgage to help you pay for it all, and wondering why oh why we can’t just fill out the forms online once for the whole family, you’re scratching your head and wondering what happened to summer.But our kids need more than just glue sticks and non-holey jeans to get them prepared for the new year. Our children need confidence, peace, and a sense of God’s love and guiding hand as they start this new year in their life. Kids have so many questions and worries as school starts: Will I get the teacher I wanted? Will this year be really hard? Will my friends still be my friends?
Here are 13 back-to-school scriptures to help our children get spiritually prepared for school. I’m planning to read one or two of these scriptures every morning with my kids over the next few weeks. Armed with glue sticks, new jeans, and the scriptures, our kids are sure to have a great start to the year!
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