Making Your Home a Haven Monday
And it's Monday! I hope you are all rested and refreshed and ready to hit the ground running!1) Refresh Your Spirit
Begin today with the Lord. Brew yourself something delicious to drink and sit down for a few moments of quiet before the Lord. Pray, read and meditate on Scripture, ask the Lord for His blessing upon your day, and commit this day to Him.
If you have a moment, share with us what special encouragement you received from the Lord this morning.
2) Tackle your Morning Routine
Once you've committed your day to the Lord and spent some time communing with Him, attack your morning routine with a smile! If you don't have a morning routine, details on creating a simple routine are here. Our morning routine is here.
Remember, put your routine in writing and display it somewhere you'll see often. You want it to be ingrained in you like clockwork.
*Project: Share your morning routine on your blog (once you've finished it, of course!).
3) Take Time to Plan (5 minutes)
Once your simple morning routine is finished, if you've not sat down to make a short to-do list for today, take time to do that now. A few minutes of strategic planning before you begin your day can not only help you to be much more productive, but it can also save you a lot of time.
If you are married, I encourage you to ask your husband if there is anything you can do for him today. If he mentions anything, make that your top priority to accomplish today. Keep your list it to ten items or less. Number the items in order of importance and tackle the first one. Don't move on to #2 on your list until #1 is completely finished.
*Project: Post your list on your blog and cross things off as you finish them! Let's help keep each other accountable. Remember, though, to see your list as a guideline, not a slave master. The list is meant to help you not be aimless or purposeless as you go throughout your day. If other things come up which are more important, be cheerful and flexible.
4) What's For Dinner?
Do you know what you're having for dinner? If so, do as much preparation work for it as you can do by noon. This makes our day go so much better and our late afternoons run much more smoothly.
*Project: Post your dinner menu on your blog so we can all be inspired!
5) Do Something! (10 minutes)
We're working in the kitchen today! Light a candle, put on your apron, turn on some uplifting music, and then set the timer for ten minutes (this job might take a bit longer, though!) and get busy! I'm going to be wiping down the countertops and the outside of the cupboards, cleaning the table and chairs, doing a quick clean of the microwave and refrigerator, and straightening some of the cupboards and drawers.
If your kitchen is spotless, pick another area of your home which needs some work and get busy!
Project: Post pictures of your kitchen cleaning progress on your blog.
Bonus Project: If you have extra time, I encourage you to cook or bake something special for your family today! Involve your children or other family members and make a double batch for the freezer. It's so helpful to have a well-stocked freezer on evenings when you're short on time or for the unexpected guests which stop by!
I'll post what I did for this challenge along with pictures in a separate entry later today.
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Would you like to join us in this "Making Your Home a Haven" Challenge? Just do one or more of the challenges listed above or something else related to "making your home a haven" and post about it on your blog. Come back here and leave your link below so that we can be inspired!
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posted by Crystal Paine at 1:17 AM
5 Comments:
I meet another woman every Monday morning at a local rest. at 6:30AM for a Bible study. She works so we always are done by 7:50. It's a small rest. and there is no pressure to order a "big" breakfast. It is a great way to start our week. God Bless
How timely! I just got done posting some encouragement from the Lord this morning and today I am working in my kitchen to get it ready for our house to sell!
What a perfect time fo this challenge :)
Crystal,
I know this is off topic...but I hope you can help me. I think you said you bartered for your pregnancy tea and am wondering if you would email me your source. I am not interested in bartering for product, but would like a reputable tea source and to support a Christian business. Please email me at comfy_kids at yahoo dot com. Thanks!
just leaving a comment to let you know i'm back reading. i started using google reader to keep up with my blogs maybe a couple months back and it was only this week that i realised i had totally missed adding you and Lauren Clark. don't ask me how i went this long without noticing!!!!! maybe planning a wedding and renovating a house had something to do with it. :) anyways, i'm back--here and in real life--and discovering what "normal" looks like from here on out!
update: actually, i think i did add it--only it won't pick up feeds for your blog...because i just tried again with the same result!!
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