Gentleness Challenge - Week 2

Our Assignment for the week: I encourage you this week to smile more, hug more, SLOW DOWN, listen, take a deep breath.  When you feel like screaming – whisper.  Pray pray and then pray some more.  Take time to write out, meditate and memorize 2 Corinthians 15:17 and Galatians 5:22-23.

To help with this week's challenge, I decided I needed to change some habits of my own.  So I made it a point to:

• Wake up 1 hour before everyone else to exercise, read my Bible, pray, and get ready for the day
• Make breakfast to be served BEFORE leaving the house and reading Proverbs to my son at the table
• Made a NEW schedule and made sure to include "snuggle with mommy" times throughout the day
• In the evenings, instead of watching TV as a family, we are doing devotions, activities, and taking time to enjoy each other
• After my son goes to bed, I clean the kitchen and prep breakfast/lunch for the next day

These changes REALLY helped ease morning frustrations that lead to anger and yelling... and NOW we have smiling happy faces! :) And plenty of giggles at the breakfast table.

Then we created a "kindness/gentleness" jar for each person.  Every time any one of us does something kind or gentle, a "jewel" is awarded and placed in their jar.  At the end of this week, we'll make a crown to remind us that God also rewards us for all the kind/gentle things we do and gives us a crown of jewels in heaven.

I love this challenge!!! :)

Blessings,

~Bekah