I believe that the education of your child is a personal decision based on personal convictions. Your convictions are only good as long as you act on them. Why have a conviction in your heart just for it to be there and not as a direction for your life?
I knew that when I was pregnant with our first born son, we would homeschool. Not that I always “felt” that way or “wanted” that responsibility but God has a way of directing us back to His plan and purpose. He is gentle and subtle and sometimes we almost need to be hit with a 2×4 to “get it” but one way or another we end up where He wanted us when our hearts are seeking Him. God is a gentleman, He will not tell you which way to go if you do not ask. He has given us our own free will to choose for ourselves the path we will walk. “Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse: the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you today; and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside from the way which I command you today, to go after other gods which you have not known.” Deut. 11:26-28 It’s our choice but the results are His.
During the late winter and early spring of the year that DS was to begin Kindergarten, I allowed fear to creep into my heart. All I saw and focused on was the enormous task and responsibility of home educating our children. By then, we had 3 boys.
It was about this time that a friend of my mine introduced me to a couple that was starting a new Christian private school in our town. DH & I went to the first meeting. It sounded too good to be true! It is a wonderful school that was offering a GREAT education with phenomenal results! We viewed children’s work from another school of the same kind in a different state. I went away from there thinking that was IT! They don’t show grades to the students, they use them only for state purposes. They just tell the children and the parents where they need improvements, etc. They focus on the heart, not heads full of man’s knowledge but on God’s wisdom. What could be better? A great private school with a homeschool environment! They class size was VERY small, it was a one room school going up to 2nd grade there 1st year. But with this GREAT private school came GREAT tuition that did not include books and uniforms. We prayed and sought the Lord for the money and we did everything we could think of (without starving everyone) to get the money for tuition. Well, the last day to turn in our final non-refundable deposit came and we did not have the money. Why didn’t God provide for us? Why didn’t God come through for our DS?
It was not long before I knew the answers. We were walking down a path that God had not planned for us. A friend once told me that God’s provision follows His direction. God’s provision was not there. And I knew we were to home educate our children. I saw this school as an answer to my fear. God does not answer our fear. He walks us through our fear on to victory! We are more than conquerors in Christ Jesus! I told my husband what I believed to be true in my heart and he agreed. He said that he thought we would home school all along but did not want to tell me; it was something that needed to be rooted in my own heart. So that way when doubt came, I would have that conviction for myself. Which he was right. Fear and doubt still enter in, but “I press toward the goal of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus”. Philippians 3:14
We are in our 2nd year of home education and though at times it is tough, I can’t imagine giving my responsibility to educate my children over to someone else. This is the most rewarding job anyone can have! But I’m not sure who is actually learning more, me or our children? It’s a great journey!!! I highly encouraged it!!!

I believe that the education of your child is a personal decision based on personal convictions. Your convictions are only good as long as you act on them. Why have a conviction in your heart just for it to be there and not as a direction for your life?
I knew that when I was pregnant with our first born son, we would homeschool. Not that I always “felt” that way or “wanted” that responsibility but God has a way of directing us back to His plan and purpose. He is gentle and subtle and sometimes we almost need to be hit with a 2×4 to “get it” but one way or another we end up where He wanted us when our hearts are seeking Him. God is a gentleman, He will not tell you which way to go if you do not ask. He has given us our own free will to choose for ourselves the path we will walk. “Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse: the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you today; and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside from the way which I command you today, to go after other gods which you have not known.” Deut. 11:26-28 It’s our choice but the results are His.
During the late winter and early spring of the year that DS was to begin Kindergarten, I allowed fear to creep into my heart. All I saw and focused on was the enormous task and responsibility of home educating our children. By then, we had 3 boys.
It was about this time that a friend of my mine introduced me to a couple that was starting a new Christian private school in our town. DH & I went to the first meeting. It sounded too good to be true! It is a wonderful school that was offering a GREAT education with phenomenal results! We viewed children’s work from another school of the same kind in a different state. I went away from there thinking that was IT! They don’t show grades to the students, they use them only for state purposes. They just tell the children and the parents where they need improvements, etc. They focus on the heart, not heads full of man’s knowledge but on God’s wisdom. What could be better? A great private school with a homeschool environment! They class size was VERY small, it was a one room school going up to 2nd grade there 1st year. But with this GREAT private school came GREAT tuition that did not include books and uniforms. We prayed and sought the Lord for the money and we did everything we could think of (without starving everyone) to get the money for tuition. Well, the last day to turn in our final non-refundable deposit came and we did not have the money. Why didn’t God provide for us? Why didn’t God come through for our DS?
It was not long before I knew the answers. We were walking down a path that God had not planned for us. A friend once told me that God’s provision follows His direction. God’s provision was not there. And I knew we were to home educate our children. I saw this school as an answer to my fear. God does not answer our fear. He walks us through our fear on to victory! We are more than conquerors in Christ Jesus! I told my husband what I believed to be true in my heart and he agreed. He said that he thought we would home school all along but did not want to tell me; it was something that needed to be rooted in my own heart. So that way when doubt came, I would have that conviction for myself. Which he was right. Fear and doubt still enter in, but “I press toward the goal of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus”. Philippians 3:14
We are in our 2nd year of home education and though at times it is tough, I can’t imagine giving my responsibility to educate my children over to someone else. This is the most rewarding job anyone can have! But I’m not sure who is actually learning more, me or our children? It’s a great journey!!! I highly encouraged it!!!