He Gets It Done

I recently wrote a short paragraph in my post, Life As It Goes By, about the challenge that Paityn had been having with another student.  At the time that I wrote it, I had no idea just how amazed I would be only a short time later.  Allow me to explain.

The other student seemed to have taken on the mission of making life for Paityn as difficult as possible.  Although her mission was not only being carried out on Paityn, it became apparent very quickly that she had a special place for antagonizing Paityn.  I honestly dont even remember where it began, but I do remember that it escalated to Paityn coming home near tears, she was just tired of it.  I can't even express the number of talks that we had with her about this. Now, I am under NO belief that my child is perfect.  Our talks were not always about the other girl, but sometimes about what Paityn can do to improve her part in it.   We often reiterated that you cant change a situation by changing the other person, but only by changing yourself.  We brainstormed ideas, prayed about it, and continued to work with Paityn on improving her part.

I began to be able to recite things in my sleep...show her love, turn the other cheek, pray for her... and every other thing that a mother would want to teach her daughter.  We even had a Paityn, Mom and Grandma conversation that talked about having to learn from this.  We talked about God's timing and God's plans.  One of Paityn's biggest complaints about the situation was that things always happened when no adult was around.  That led to a great conversation about God's timing.  Out of all the parts of this that Paityn absorbed it was this concept that Gods timing is not our timing and his plans are definitely not our plans, that really stuck with her.

Tonight at parent teacher conferences the counselor joined us to share an update with us about this situation.  It seems that things have improved.  The counselor inadvertently witnessed a time when Paityn walked away from the situation only to be followed and hounded by the other girl, to the extent of the other girl hiding behind a door so that she could come out when Paityn passed by.  For the sake of not making my already winded story longer, let's just say that the counselor witnessing this event, was the beginning of what is now a very well managed situation.

As we left conferences Paityn began talking to me about God's timing again.  "If God was up there with a big electronic game or a board game, he sits there each day and decided exactly how the game is going to be played.  He may move this one day and then this on another day. No matter what, GOD GETS IT DONE!!!"

What an amazing moment for me.  My wonderful daughter and her wisdom in faith and just trusting God to "Get it Done!!!"  truly amazes me!  I know that this might seem like an all over post and if you don't know the whole story may seem that parts are missing, but in the end I hope you can walk away with what Paityn took to heart today... GOD GETS IT DONE... even when it means we endure more challenges then what we think is best... He gets it done!