Still Challengin' Away

This moving stuff is making my no grumblin' a bit harder. But still pressing on!

"The tongue that brings healing is a tree of life, but a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit."

Proverbs 15:4 (NIV)

How can your words heal instead of hurt today?

Doing good

Proverbs 12:16 (Message) "Fools have short fuses and explode all too quickly; the prudent quietly shrug off insults."

I'm doing really well on my 30-day No Grumblin' Challenge. Quite honestly my biggest challenge as of late has been not complaining about the hurdles to moving with the military. So I am working on that. But other than that one topic, I am doing well. I am usually a "glass-half-full" kind of gal, but I'm trying to look at the glass as even more as half-full whenever I can.

On the K-LOVE Facebook page, she has actually "upped the anti" and encouraged participants to work on "quick to forgive" as well. Yikes, she's really laying it on thick. So if you want to challenge yourself even further, you can add this to your monthly to-do list.

Challenge Update

Thank you to those of you who have joined me in the "No Mumblin' No Grumblin' 30-day Challenge". This idea is not mine. I am joining Sterling from the nationally syndicated KLOVE in attempting to do this. You can view her Facebook page and more details by clicking here. I am going to do this for the entire month of June. I think, with our impending move, this is a perfect time for me to try and do this.

My plan is, as many nights as I can remember, to get on here and post how I did that day. Then those of you who are trying to do this with me, can update in the comments about how YOU did that day. Even if you aren't trying it everyday, try it one day with me. Try to make it a point not to grumble or complain as often as possible.

An example they gave on the radio station was instead of complaining about how hot the sun is, say something like, "What a blessing that God gave us shade."

An example from my own life today was, after evening baths, to which JB had agreed to give, I walked into the bathroom only to find that every single one of their bath toys had been left out. This is a lot considering they have gadzooks of these bath "stickers."

I started to say: "Geeez JB, do you not believe in cleaning up toys."

I stopped myself and said: "Hey sweetie. Thanks for giving the boys a bath. Do you think next time you could ask them to help clean up the toys when they are almost done?"

Hurrah for me!

Overall, I did well today. It was a good Day One for me. I really made a point to speak kindly and positively. But I have a feeling that like a good diet, this may get harder as I go on. Stay tuned!

The 30 Day No Mumblin', No Grumblin' Challenge

"May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer" Psalm 19:14

This morning, JB is at the TMO office (travel management). He is hoping to get moving dates and flying out dates and dropping our van at a dock dates and all of those types of things.

Today begins a new adventure. We are now home from vacation. There is no longer an opportunity to put my to-do list "out-of-sight-out-of-mind." We've got our Scrubby back home. (Man I missed those spots!) We are back home. And in the next 4-6 weeks we will be packing and moving and leaving. Today I have a 2 hour meeting regarding our move. I have a bone scan on my foot. I have lots to do. Life is back on!

I was listening to K-LOVE on the radio yesterday. So pumped we have that station here! They are doing a 30 Day No Mumblin' No Grumblin' Challenge. I've accepted the challenge. What a better time to embrace positive words coming out of my mouth than during one of the hardest things you can go throw: moving across the world!

Anyone want to join me in this challenge? I'm going to report on the blog how I did that day. How I tried to speak positive and encouraging words in all situations. I'll try to find the positive and the good in all things.

I need this challenge during these next few weeks!

Game on!