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Bible Verse

Morning High Five

March 4, 2014 by mamakay Leave a Comment

Each morning we have our “high five.” To get a high five you have to accomplish your 5 things before 8 am.

1. Make bed

2. Brush Hair

3. Get Dressed

4. Feed Animals

5. Morning Job

Morning Jobs are an assigned job that helps the family such as:

  • make orange juice/smoothie
  • take out the trash
  • take out the ashes
  • take the scraps to the chickens
  • empty the dishwasher

If the child gets their high five they also can add a point to their tally otherwise they lose a point. They must get their jobs done before they can eat breakfast. Based on the Bible verse:

2 Thessalonians 3:10

For even when we were with you, we would give you this command:

If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.

We have found this combination of incentive and natural consequences has made an effective enough motivation for getting the work done. It sometimes does take longer than it should but at least their is a goal and set consequences for not achieving it. And we have a lot less fights over what they should be doing. This has been a win win situation for us all!

MamaKay

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Daily Life – June 16, 2008

June 16, 2008 by mamakay Leave a Comment

Here’s a glimpse of my life today:

My Bible Verse…

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
(1Pe 1:3-5 ESV)

I am thinking…

about our church family and the struggles we have lived through these past couple of years. What can we do? Can this body get back on track?

From the kitchen…

orange chicken and rice for dinner tonight

I am wearing…

teal t-shirt & shorts

I am reading…

Raising Godly Tomatoes

I am hoping…

that the bank accepts our new offer on a 3.3 acre property we are hoping to buy this week

Around the house…

it is quiet time, only the sound of the ceiling fan turning above me, the a/c turning on (its supposed to be 112 today) and my daughter’s audio book playing in the other room.

My Prayer…

That I can learn to have a joyful spirit

I am thankful for…

my father, my husband, our children, my in-laws, air conditioning!, encouraging older women in my life: Karen, Betty, & Mary

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