A Fresh Start ~ Making MY Home a Haven

Do you all know how much I love blogging?  Well, I really LOVE it!!  I really enjoy having a place to share our daily events and record sweet family memories.  But what I love the most about blogging is all of the wonderful blogs that I have discovered.  Blogging has seriously introduced me to a whole new world of people and information.

In the past few weeks I have found several blogs that have been such an encouragement to me.  These ladies have really got me thinking about my priorities.  I often struggle with how I should spend my time and prioritize my days.  I find myself being selfish and forgetting what is really important in life.  I want to be the kind of wife and mother that I see in my mind, not the one that I (too often) am.  I know that God has an image of the woman he created me to be, but I feel like I am running from his instructions sometimes.  So. . . I hope you don't mind me sharing some of my journey with you here on the blog.  Many changes need to be made in my life that I have been avoiding.  But I'm not running away from them any longer, I am ready to some much needed prioritizing.

One of the blogs I have found over the past few weeks is Women Living Well.  Courtney is great!  If you have never visited her blog, I promise it is worth checking out.  She is such an encouragement!!  She has great videos, and many post that feel like they were written directly to me.

She has started a fall challenge that touches on some of the exact things that I need to be working on in my life, my family, and my home.  It is called Making Your Home a Haven.

For week one of the challenge she suggested that we get a large candle and light it daily in our home.  I actually have two large scented candles that I have been burning every night this past week.  Every time the candle flame catches my eye,  I have said a prayer for peace in my home and family.  I have loved it!!  The scented candle really makes for a nice, relaxed atmosphere.  Not to mention I need small reminders to trigger the prayers I need to send up.  This weeks verse: Proverbs 14:1,"The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down."

Thank you Courtney for this challenge!!  I look forward to linking up each week with everyone participating in the challenge.  And I will keep you guys posted on my progress in the challenge!