Popularity is not always a good sign. The popular way is not usually God's way. God's way is the narrow way (Matthew 7:13-14). Therefore, dear mother, don't expect the people around you to be excited about your having another baby or homeschooling your children. Rejoice anyway. You are walking in the perfect will of God.
Jesus said in Luke 6:26, "WOE UNTO YOU, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets." Notice the exclamation mark again! We are more likely to be on the wrong path if everyone around is happy with what we are doing.
Love from Nancy Campbell
Check out these Scriptures: Nehemiah 6:1-4; Jeremiah 6:16; 18:15; Matthew 5:11-12; Luke 6:22-23; John 15:18-21; 17:14-18; Acts 5;41; 1 John 4-6 and 1 Peter 4:14.