I look down at the young faces before me, bright, eager eyes are fastened on me waiting with baited breath for the next words that will come out of my mouth; one little girl has her mouth hanging open, heart racing, waiting to hear what will happen to little David with the giant bearing down on him…

It’s story time in our homeschool, and my favorite part of class, a time to instill morals and the Scriptural outlook on life. The assortment of children sitting at my feet range from a feisty little 2 year-old, to a calm and reserved 13 year-old. All different walks of life are represented in the group before me, but one thing is the same about them all; they are all sponges, eager to learn, naïve and therefore an open book, waiting to be written in, little seeds carried on whatever winds blow into their life. And I like a military strategist have in my hand the raw materials to create a  much-needed revolution. Looking through those little eyes into the souls forming before me I see the power of change in the palm of my hand. All it ever took to begin a revolution, or turn the tide of history was one individual, given to his goal/ purpose, one individual to stand out, move against the flow and stand up to oppression, violence and gangsterism…and here before me, were 12!

“Like arrows in the hand of a warrior so are the children of one’s youth.”

Because, you see, when we say “we homeschool our children” we do not mean that we are bringing the mainstream education into our home, no. Rather, that we are preparing the individuals who will stand up to wickedness and oppose the status quo that rules in favor of the few.

Our children will be able to do this because they know no other way. We immerse them in what is functional, guard them from what is not, and when they are older, it will be their nature to make corrections, to meet needs, and defend those who cannot defend themselves.

 “Habituate a child upon the mouth of his way, and when he is old he will never depart from it.”

So I must conclude when people say phrases like “a simple housewife” or “our girls need to aspire to a life greater than that of a mere housewife”, that there is a mis-understanding of the magnitude of the task of making a house a home, a home into a king’s palace; and nurturing and educating the eternal souls we bring into existence. Not only is that vocation completely fulfilling and satisfying, but through it we have the chance to bring about change, to bring about the genesis of the exodus from our current mentally subjugated existence, so we can return to fulfilling purpose, and living as our Creator intended.

My name is Mikhaelah Zeigler, and I am a homeschooling mom.