20-Day Journal Challange

I am issuing a challenge to my Beehives tomorrow to write in their journals every day for 20 days. In fairness, I am also taking up the challenge and am going to post it here on my blog for accountability. Each day has a a pretty simple writing prompt and I will be one day ahead of my girls so that they can read what I’ve written to get ideas for their own journal entries. I would love it if any of you would like to join me. J

“Tonight, and tomorrow night, you might pray and ponder asking the questions: Did god send a message that was just for me? Did I see His hand in my life? I will do that. And then I will find a way to preserve that memory for the day that I, and those that I love, will need to remember how much God loves us and how much we need Him.” – Henry B. Eyring

Day #1: Write about your day (a good thing to include in any journal entry) – What was the best part about it? What was the worst?

Today did not go as planned. It started out really productive. I got up early and got the house cleaned quite quickly. However, halfway through vacuuming the living room, the vacuum broke, I think it needs a new belt. I finished vacuuming with the hose as best I could. I then spent a couple of hours on the phone with my brother’s fiancé and then my mom planning out my brother’s wedding, which was fun. That was the best part of the day.

The rest of my day got sucked up in a commitment that I thought would only be an hour, but turned into five hours. I was trapped by someone who apparently needed to talk, excessively. I’m having a hard time deciphering how I feel about the situation. If I feel upset do I lose any blessings I might have gotten? I’m trying to see the good in it and hopefully it can be considered a service in its own right.

I am seeing some small mercies in the situation though. My YW lesson is already prepared and ready from last week when I accidentally planned the wrong one. My handouts are even already made, which is something of a miracle! So in actuality everything that I really needed to do today did get done. J I guess I can’t actually be upset after-all.