Isaiah 43:18-19 says:

18 “ Do not remember the former things, Nor consider the things of old.
       19 Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth;
 Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness
      And rivers in the desert.  - NKJ

18"Forget about what's happened; don't keep going over old history.

    19 Be alert, be present. I'm about to do something brand-new.

    It's bursting out! Don't you see it? There it is! I'm making a road through the desert, rivers in the badlands.  – The Message

Chris Davis from the Elijah Company says on one of his homeschooling tapes something to this affect – the homeschooling movement is starting to grow again, because God is up to something.  Either He is up to something so good, or so bad, that HE needs Christians who think differently, live differently than Christians now, and those Christians are the children we are homeschooling now.  That was the first time I had heard a “homeschooling authority” verbalize what I had been feeling as I studied and interacted with Christian homeschoolers.  But over the past year, I feel God has been making that thought more personal and bringing it closer to home.   

As a member of the African-American community, and the mother of 3 boys, I sense an even greater need for “something new” in our community, especially among our men.    The statistics of fatherless children, crime, drug use, unemployment and inadequate education among our males is staggering.  The number of African-American children who are growing up without a godly foundation, across socio-economic levels, is even more frightening. My husband says that as a culture we are on our way to becoming morally bankrupt.  To me, we are on our way to being God-less.     And while our micro-culture may just be indicative of the larger culture, because it is roots, it troubles me more

Yet in the midst of this I see something interesting happening.   In the past year God has led me to and connected me with a few other special homeschooling families. Families who are Christians, African-Americans, most who have sons. And although we are all proud of our ethnic heritage, we are more proud to be identified with Christ.   And, we all are committed to raising a new generation of Godly men.  Our hearts desire is not that our children are the next Garret Morgan, Ben Carson or Colin Powel.  Our desire is to raise men who are God-loving, God-honoring and people-serving.  We desire to raise young men who can defend their faith and boldy proclaim the good news of Jesus, men who will impact their families, their communities and their world for Jesus Christ.  

The task seems overwhelming at times.  The everyday models of what we are trying to build are few and far between.  So we must remember, God is doing a new thing, and the model is Jesus Christ, and His grace is sufficient.