In just 18 short days our family will officially begin our homeschooling journey. It has been a long time coming. I am anxious, but also somehow relieved by its arrival. When I first felt the call in my heart to homeschool I was skeptical about what I had felt. I had always imagined that my children would go to public school, and I had always laughed off the idea that I had the patience to be around my own children all day, much less teach them! But the seed had been planted in my heart, and the Lord used many conversations, books, sermons, and convictions to water that seed. Eventually I came to accept the idea that homeschooling was something my family could do, and my husband and I considered it to be a very real option for our family.
The Lord continued to ripen a desire inside of me to homeschool. As time went by I began researching different homeschooling methods. I read millions of blogs about other families who were doing it. I tried to imagine how it would fit into our family, and I wondered what life would be like if we actually opened this door. I spent a lot of time questioning the Lord, asking him to clarify that this was His will for our family. He has answered so strongly that I am convinced that for our family not homeschooling would be a direct act of disobedience to the Lord on our part. We are not interested in disobeying, we want very much to hear his will for our life and react to it with a contented "yes sir".
I hope to use this blog to sort of chronicle our journey over this uncharted territory. I expect that as time goes by and our experience increases we will change our routines and plans as we continue to try to do our best in this endeavor. My prayer is that in all things done here, the love of Jesus Christ will reign supreme, and our children will grow to be ready for the plans the Lord has for them.
"The first step to getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are"
So our journey is beginning.
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