Day 89

Hi Girls,

Boy, have I blown it this week with the blog, forgive me!!! I came home from the retreat and was just pooped and then I have been fighting off a cold all week. by last night, I barely had a voice for Small Group. I'm ashamed to admit that I have given in, thrown up a white flag of surrender and have tried for the most part, to rest this week. Unfortunately, things have fallen by the wayside, the blog being one of them!! So much for "finishing strong"!!!

Since tomorrow is Saturday this is gonna be my last entry. I have savored our journey and have really enjoyed getting to know some of you better. Thanks for hanging in there with me. I know 90 days makes for a long study, but hopefully we will all take some gems from this experience away with us and continue on the path to becoming "women that God wants us to be" (I speak for myself when I say I'm far from that finish line).

If you walked this journey for the past 90 days you have now establish a daily TAG, keep up the good work. Donna has a couple of other books out there that make good companions for your TAG (check out her website). Remember, if you need encouragement, I'm as close as your e-mail.

I've enjoyed our journey~
Nola

Day 86

I had a bit of a rough start to this week, so I'm afraid I never got to the blog yesterday. The retreat was awesome, but quite frankly left me a bit tired! So I slugged my way through yesterday, got to bed early last night and am now back on track!

And that bring us to "Day 86"!!!

I really liked today's lesson. I love the whole idea of finishing strong, but without a Caleb Heart I don't really see the point. Ron and I are blessed to still have all 4 of our parents with us, although I gotta tell ya watching them age has not always been fun.

My dad, who is 85, is giving it all he has to finish strong, in spite of having a major stroke last November. We were blessed to spend some time with them (they live in AZ) a week ago and although it was hard to see my little daddy moving very slowly and dragging his right foot, he is a fine example of having a Caleb Heart. It may be hard for him to get around, but his spirit is still in tack. At this point in his life, I am grateful for each year the Lord gives me with him, but I am most gratful for his attitude and cheerful spirit.

Here's to not only finishing strong, but doing in such a way that we give glory to God all the days of our lives!!

Nola

Day 81

First off, my apologies girls, this Friday is our retreat and I have been slammed with last minute details!! Organization, anti-procrastination and time management have always been a challenge for me. I have been reading everyday though and have reaped some good gems out of this week's study.

Today's lesson on foolishness has hit close to home. We once co-signed for a loan and it came back to bite us in the end!! The good news is we learned at a young age in our married lives not to do that again. We have been asked many times to help bail a friend out here or a family member there and after much prayer and some thought we either do or we don't, but our mindset these days is never to give it unless we don't need it back. We always set up a payment plan and have been fortunate with re-payment, but we never give unless we can live without the funds being returned.

Nola