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I’ve decided to lock-up Like a Warm Cup of Coffee.

It doesn’t fit me anymore.

Very soon you’ll see a re-direct where I’ll be settling into a new blog home. All of you who are subscribed readers won’t miss a thing, as I’m just transferring the feed.

I’ll explain more once I stretch out into my new, wide-open space. Don’t worry, there will still be coffee (some things never change).

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Photo Credit: Locked By Aunt Owwee

I’m also over at (in)courage today with the article, Something Has to Give – read it here!

My hands down favorite resource for teaching my babes the catechism (teaching the Word of God) is Songs for Saplings.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE Songs for Saplings (did you catch that, I LOVE them!).   I love the music, I love the lyrics (taken from The Short Catechism for Children), and the fact that after listening to Songs for Saplings my children walk around singing deep spiritual truths from the Word of God.

Just to show you how great Songs for Saplings is, I made my own little video so you could hear a sample of two of our favorite songs from the Question & Answers CD’s…

The first volume is ‘God and Creation,’ the second is ‘The Fall and Salvation,’ and the third is ‘Christ and His Work.’

Some of the questions and answers you and your babes will learn are:

Q: Why did God make you and all things?

A: For His glory

Q: How can you glorify God?

A: By loving Him and doing what He commands

Q: What is a covenant?

A: An agreement between two or more persons

Q: Why can none be saved through the covenant of works?

A: Because all have broken it and are condemned by it

Q: How were people saved before the coming of Christ?

A: By believing in a Savior to come.

Q: How is Christ a priest?

A: Because He died for our sins and pleads with God for us

In all three volumes you and your babes will be filled with the Word of God…and you will actually remember it!

So, why am I telling you all this today?

Because…

Anyone that purchases the Questions and Answers volume, 1, 2, 3, or the bundle…

…will be automatically entered in a chance to win 1 of 4 FREE Songs for Saplings ABC’s (scripture verses for each letter of the alphabet)!

And that’s not all.

Go ahead and take 10% off the CD’s with coupon code QUESTIONS10.

Oh, and one more thing…

If we can sell 65 Songs for Saplings CD’s or CD bundles, I’ll give away a $150 Visa Gift Card to one of YOU who purchased the CD’s!

That’s why I’m telling you about them today!

CLICK HERE to buy Songs for Saplings, Questions & Answers Volumes 1, 2, and 3 (the bundle)

CLICK HERE to buy the Songs for Saplings Questions & Answers Volume 1, 2, or 3 (sold individually)

I PROMISE you will love these CD’s (and if you don’t, return them with no questions asked, but you’ll love them!)

Contest and coupon code open until Thursday, June 17th, winners announced Friday, June 18th. Once you make the purchase, you are automatically entered for a chance to win!

I wanted to comment because, reading the comment section, I saw a lot of questions about what a daughter would do during those “in-between” years: once she has graduated high school, what if she doesn’t automatically get married by the time she’s eighteen or twenty? What if she doesn’t get married until she’s twenty-nine or thirty-two? What if she doesn’t get married at all? Wouldn’t those homemaking skills go to waste?

I am twenty, and I’m what some would call a “stay-at-home daughter” I have chosen to live at home under the covering of my family until marriage, so I kind of “specialize” in answering the “what can a girl do in between?” question. I am a junior in an online college program. I am an aspiring author who just signed her first publishing contract last month. I am finished with the first draft of my first book and working on my second. I ran my dad’s online store (he is a pastor/evangelist/author) from sixteen to nineteen, and by the time we outsourced, I was taking care of 100 orders a week. After I have my B.A., I would love to start working on an English curriculum to tutor homeschoolers in my area.

And, most importantly, I have a family to serve -five brothers, four of whom are five and under -homeschool lessons to help with (I teach my three-year-old brother while Mama teaches my five-year-old brother), meal-plans to write up, laundry to keep going… I am my mom’s helper, and I’m loving the on-the-job training. I don’t assume that I will be married someday -the ratio of women to men in American is 2 to 1, and, as a black woman, I know that 46% of women of my particular ethnicity will never get married. But I trust that, if it’s God’s will to send me a husband, it only takes one man to come along. :) If not, I have a full life -I could ask for nothing more than the opportunities the Lord has opened up for me here.

I don’t want to write a second article in the comment section here, but I just wanted to offer my perspective as one of these “homemaker in training” daughters. If I don’t get married for ten years -if I never get married -I plan on continuing to develop those Proverbs 31 skills to bless my family, church, and community. If I have a homeward focus during singleness, and end up remaining single, I have lost nothing -I have gained practical skills that have helped me to have a full life at home doing what I love with the people I love! If I spend my time only investing in those passions that have nothing to do with my home and end up married, I have lost much time of preparation.

At least, that’s how I look at it. ;)

-Jasmine Baucham, Joyfully at Home

Many women in my generation were not raised – taught and trained – to effectively manage a household.

Our mothers wanted the best for us…they dreamed that we would be lawyers, doctors, professional athletes, etc.  They dreamed big for us and got excited when we got accepted to the college of our choice.  They told their friends how proud they were that their daughter got the “big” job.  They applauded their daughters decision to wait to have children for many years so she could establish her career.  They prepared her well for her life’s calling.

Or did they?

I have no doubt that our mother’s did what they thought was right and good.  The fact remains, however, that many women decided that their life calling was in the home, raising their children and being a homemaker. In the midst of career dreams, another dreamed nestled in their hearts, the dream of being a stay-at-home mother.  When they left the career track to raise a family, they were not prepared for just how hard it was going to be.

Women are waking up to the reality that if one is to stay home, raise a family, and take of a home, one must be prepared.  The women who were given everything they needed to succeed in the career world were lacking the one thing they needed to be successful in the home – intentional homemaker training. Women who have decided to stay home know how hard it is, and they don’t want their daughters to have start behind the eight ball like they did.  These women are choosing to be intentional about raising their daughters in the homemaking arts.

It sounds crazy in this day and age, right?

I mean, isn’t this homemaker stuff straight out of the 1800′s?

Nope.  It’s straight out of God’s Word:

“…train the young women to be sane and sober of mind (temperate, disciplined) and to love their husbands and their children, To be self-controlled, chaste, homemakers, good-natured (kindhearted), adapting and subordinating themselves to their husbands, that the word of God may not be exposed to reproach (blasphemed or discredited).”  Titus 2:4-5, Amplified Bible

I’m not here to debate working women versus stay-at-home moms versus women who have to work, I’m here to point out a revolution that is taking place.  Women are turning towards their daughters and saying, “I will teach and train and disciple you to be a homemaker for the glory of God.”

How do I know a revolution is taking place?  I launched RaisingHomemakers.com two days ago to be a place of encouragement and help for women who are training their daughters to be homemakers. In two days that website has generated over 11,000 visits, nearly 2,000 Facebook fans, and over 500 subscribers. It clearly struck a nerve.

Women want something better for their girls.

So do I.

Winner of the Walk in Love tote and t-shirt:

Becky from So Very Blessed

Winner of the Flag Page game:

Dina from Apples of Gold

Winner of the Slugs & Bugs & Lullabies CD’s:

Jessica from KidWhys

Katy from The Country Blossom

Tiffany Harper

OpenSky is giving $1000 to whoever wins for best shop page.  You can see my shop page here and if you think it’s worthy, would you kindly consider voting for it?

You can vote for Like a Warm Cup of Coffee here. (To vote, click on “view poll” under “Results” – click on the circle by Like a Warm Cup of Coffee and then scroll down and click the blue vote tab!)

Thank you!  :)

The contest ends June 11th.

P.S.  If I win, I’ll have a giveaway… hint hint

I am so excited to announce the new website, RaisingHomemakers.com!  Raising Homemakers is dedicated to inspiring, teaching and blessing mothers who have an interest in raising their daughter in godliness and preparing them in the arts of homemaking to the glory of God.  You can subscribe to Raising Homemakers here and become a fan on Facebook here.

I hope you will take a minute and visit Raising Homemakers and the wonderful contributors involved. There is also a fun giveaway happening…

:)

Subscribe to Like a Warm Cup of Coffee here.

Become a “Liker” on Facebook here.

Today I’m taking in freedom…

The freedom to sleep in just a little bit.

The freedom to say “no” to being more involved in church (during this season in life).

The freedom to let go of false guilt.

The freedom to fall apart sometimes.

The freedom to rest in the peace that I don’t have to have it all together to receive the grace of God.

His grace offers freedom to the battle worn soul.

I Recommend… (enjoy with a glorious cup of coffee…)

Articles:

Invisible Hope Chest (daughters, what are you filling your invisible hope chest with? Mothers, how are you helping your daughters to fill it?)

Just Me Bad-Mouthing My Man

To Prosperity Teachers (“Why would a preacher want to preach a gospel that encourages the desire to be rich and thus confirms people in their natural unfitness for the kingdom of God?”)

Whacking Social Media With My Big Stick…

Idle Time is the Devil’s Playground (parents, read this)

Book List For Daughters

Vlog:

What is the Best Age?

Fun:

Giveaway for a FREE Relevant Conference ticket

Flusher Flukes (this is SO funny!  My old college roomie wrote it…and I agree!)

Entire Facebook Staff Laughs as Man Tightens Security Settings

The “go-everywhere” handbag – cuuuute! (ad)