21-Day Challenge--Found Righteous in This Generation

"The Lord then said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation." Genesis 7:1

I was reading the account of Noah and the ark in Genesis this morning. At first, I was reading it as a sweet, familiar Sunday school story, then the verse above caught my eye. Wow! Noah was found righteous in his generation! He lived in a sinful generation with temptations all around, just like we do. God had a definite purpose for his life--namely, to save the world--and Noah lived up to it. Noah was found righteous in his generation...

Lord, may I be found righteous in this generation. May my life shine out to those around me. Please remind me throughout the day that you have just as much of a purpose for my life as you did for Noah's.

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My challenges:

1. Go to bed on time:
STILL struggling here!! It's a vicious cycle: go to bed late>>wake up early>>tired>>take nap>>not tired at bedtime>>go to bed late again. TODAY I'm going to bite the bullet and just be tired until bedtime so that I will fall into bed exhausted and go to sleep on time!

2. Exercise 3 or more times per week:
Doing great here! Exercised 5 times last week, and once this week already. I'm getting really energized from this. I walk, jog, walk, jog--out in the fields with the dog early in the cool morning. Can't beat that!

3. No white flour/sugar for 21 days:
Doing pretty well here. Don't even really want candy/baked goods anymore. I guess I have successfully broken the addiction. Better beware and not go there again. HOWEVER, I don't know that I've broken the "snack addiction". I've successfully replaced the candy/baked goods with nuts and raisins--much healthier, but I'm not going to lose weight very fast that way! Oh well, this challenge wasn't about the lbs, right?

Hope you all are blessed today!