30
day challenge
I have to
admit that it being January, I have heard this challenge repeatedly in
different circles, the Christian radio challenge, the eat healthy challenge,
the exercise/'get fit' challenge, the
Facebook fasting challenge, etc. So,
this idea has been riddling around in my head.
Certainly if you give up a habit or make a change for 30 days then by
the time 31 days rolls around, it should become routine. Logical enough....
So, I am doing my own challenge.
I recently confessed my very Type A personality and my love to control my environment. I would love to say that I have changed, but
that is definitely a work in progress (arent we all?).
So, for the next 30 days I am
submitting myself to all control.
What does that look like?
I will let
my kids pick out their own clothes without redirecting. I will let them pick their own breakfast and
let them eat it with their fingers with their mouths making that awful chomping
noise. (that one is going to be tough).
I am not going to control the study habits or the lack of studying, I
will let me child fail if she/he needs to learn a lesson from it. I am not going to panic if crumbs are dropped
on the floor. (I may need to buy a
muzzle for the next 30 days). I am not
going go behind the kids and hang up the clothes the 'correct' way...I will
just let them do it. When my husband
wants to help in the kitchen, I will let him and not insist on it being done a
particular way. (Yes, I am really that
bad about it!) Hey- I am being honest here!
This is
going to be hard, not because I like to do those things, but because it is
ingrained in who I am. It is 1/29, I will report back on 2/28.
What is something
you can change or do for 30 days?
I will not
be able to do this on my own, so I am only putting this out there in hopes that my
friends will pray for me to LET GO
and allow God to grab hold of my heart completely!
