Not posting much today, as my beloved is home ill, and I am trying to let him rest and take care of him. He does not get ill often. I will see you all tomorrow, when I can participate a little better.
Good morning! My day got off with a good reading and some blogging. How about yours?
1) Refresh your spirit:
Today I read my Thursday reading of “Light of The World” in Praying the Names of Jesus.
Matthew 5:14-16 (NASB):
14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden;
15 nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.
16 “Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Philippians 2:14-16 (NASB):
14 Do all things without grumbling or disputing;
15 so that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world,
16holding fast the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I will have reason to glory because I did not run in vain nor toil in vain.
These are the verses that I will be meditating on today, as I go about my day, looking to Him to guide my path.
2) Take Time to Plan
I work today, so my planning will be centered around that.
For dinner tonight we are having Cube Steak and Mac & Cheese. I know it is not a “fancy” dinner, but Hubby loves it, and that is what matters.
3) Do Something!
Today’s “Do Something!” is to maintain the rooms we have cleaned and to clean the bathrooms. I will just be able to pick up the bathrooms and clean the toilet in the boys bathroom. I am not sure I will have time to do the rest of the bathrooms, but I will certainly try.
I will not be home most of the day to mark things off the list as I finish them. I will update this when I get the chance.
God bless you all and have a great day, making your home a haven for your family. Stop by and see Crystal for more details on this challenge.
Crystal @ Biblical Womanhood is keeping up the challenge of Making our homes a haven. This is my second day to participate, but it is the third day of the challenge.
1) Refresh Your Spirit
I did not do this in the right order. I woke up in a frenzy. 
I am not going to let getting off on the wrong foot stop me though.
I have gone back and read the Wednesday reading for “Light of the World” in Praying the Names of Jesus.
1 John 1:5-7 (NASB):
God Is Light
5 This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth;
7but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
I know there are times that I feel like I am in the dark, but this scripture speaks to me and reminds me that I am never in the dark. I need to not look into the darkness but keep my heart and mind focused on the Light of this World.
I am also reading in Acts for my daily reading. In Acts 17, it tells us how the Bereans were eager to hear the Word, and would study the Scriptures to make sure the teachings were accurate. This shows how wise they were. We all should study the Scriptures, when we are taught doctrine, to make sure it all adds up. I know that I do not always check the references.
Crystal would like us to share three things we are thankful for, I am going to fore go (sp? I hope I used and spelled that right) the obvious. I always start with God on my thankful lists, but I could do all three about Him, so I am going to list more every day things.
I am thankful for:
- My oldest just has a virus and not strep throat
- My husband forgives me for being moody last night after I broke one of my family heirloom ornaments
- I realize today that it was just a piece of glass, and just because the ornament is gone, it does not erase the 30 years of memories associated with it.
2) Take time to plan
My day is crazy, as I did not make my plan right away.
My to do list consists of:
Kid to Dr - virus
Laundry - get it all done??? - Folding 5th load. 1 in washer, 1 in dryer and one still in the dirty clothes.
Wrap Christmas Presents YAY! I did not think I would finish this one today
Grocery shopping
M&Ms to School for cookies
Finish decorating the house for Christmas
Get the Wed blog posting done
Follow through with today’s Encouraging Our Husbands Challenge
make up for yesterday
See if Bailey can cover the end of my shift tomorrow so I can go to Hubby’s company Christmas party
For dinner tonight we are having cashew chicken with jasmine rice.
It is a long list I will get as much done as possible. I work all the rest of the week.
3) Do Something!
Today is laundry day. Well, I have A LOT of laundry to do. I do not have a digital camera to show my progress or anything. I will just have to update this post when I finish. 
Still working on laundry, but I did sweep the floor and organize the area better.
I would like to thank Biblical Womanhood for sharing this encouragement to make our homes a haven of peace and love. I am coming in a day late, but I hope to be able to participate daily.
There are three daily steps and none of them take very long. You spend time with God, first thing. You spend time planning your day, and you spend a few minutes picking up an area of the home.
1) Refresh Your Spirit
I am reading the devotional, Praying the Names of Jesus. I read the Tuesday reading for “Light of the World”, along with my daily reading. I am in Acts right now.
2) Plan
My normal to do list plus added some blogging prep and getting my Christmas tree up, finally.
Being a working mom my normal to do list varies from work days to home days. Being at home today, I worked around the house more than I would have if I would have been at work for seven hours.
3 loads of laundry
dishes
Work on Faith Filled Wives
Work on A Cup of Tea With Me
clean the bathrooms
Go “shopping” with Jim to daydream about the remodel
Grocery shopping
Put up the Christmas tree
3) Do Something
Yesterday’s area was the entry, today’s is the living area. Well, lucky for me they are one and the same. My home opens into my living room.
Today, I am getting ready to finally put up my Christmas tree, so I am having to rearrange my living room, dining room and breakfast nook.
It is pretty clean already, due to some furniture moving that Jim did last night. There is still some clutter though. HA! SOME clutter… this is my house we are talking about. There is quite a bit of clutter. I hope this challenge helps me conquer my bad habits too! 
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