How great God is!

For quite some time (years even)I have been attempting to get Dylan to clean his room to no avail. It has been one of THOSE battles. His attitude towards getting it done was one I was not willing to fight against...at least not in the sense of making him stay in his room till it's clean, can't play when he gets home because his room isn't clean, etc.

Recently, I had had enough and I gave him one week to clean his room. I told him if he didn't clean it I would (and he would lose his stuff permanently). Of course, despite the fact I even went into his room with him to help on at least one occasion, he did not clean his room. Not even close. I was not looking forward to doing the job myself and taking all his stuff and I have been rather busy so despite the time being up, I didn't do anything with his room.

Dylan mentioned to me more than once about my not cleaning his room and I told him that at any point now it's fair game and I will get to it. Twice in the last week he told me he'd clean it and on Wednesday even said cross his heart(lol). Both times I mentioned to him what he said on that day, he just said "hmm." (He says he cleaned Wednesday, but I couldn't tell it.)

Within the last few days, God gave me the idea of not doing Dylan's room myself, but rather only do part and do the stuff that is the most important to him. I told him a couple of days ago that was what I was going to do. This morning I walked in his room and grabbed the kite he had on his desk. Then I grabbed the "jacket" I had told him to hang up. Under it was another couple of things that didn't belong there. Finally, the hardest one for me was there was a container on the floor with a bunch (20+) cars of his.

God had specifically told me to get rid of it today. That way there would be no argument and/or ability for him to get them back. I "just happened" to be going to a get together today at a friend's house. I took the kite, cars, and cap with me and gave them to a woman I know who has 2 boys. When Dylan got home, I told him what had taken place. He not only handled it extremely well, he was VERY diligent in cleaning his room. So much so, that I told him I would not take anything from his room today.

We talked a little about how my issue isn't his messy room, but the refusal to clean it. As long as he's diligent in getting it clean then I am more than happy to work with him. Once he gets it clean, then we'll have to come up with something for him to keep it that way. For right now, I am just ecstatic that his room is getting clean without me being the one doing it AND without fighting him to get it done!

THANK YOU JESUS!

He MUST wonder sometimes...

I had to laugh and shake my head earlier. A while back I felt like God was telling me to go ahead and apply for the CPA exam and start the Becker Review even though I could run into some potential problems. I recognized that in order to walk by faith, I had to not know how it was all going to work out. If I knew how, then that wouldn't be walking in faith. So, I went ahead and applied for the exam. However, I had not actually signed up for the review since I was waiting on my transcript to be available. In the meantime, I began to wonder and then I discovered that my transcript wasn't going to be available until later than I thought which posed even greater potential for problems. That in turn led me to start doubting (or maybe reasoning ???). I still recognized that walk in faith = uncertainty. Still, I wasn't sure if what I was experiencing was God, myself, or the enemy. Well while I was praying earlier today and I had this conversation with God...

Me: What am I going to do?
God: Have I told you any differently?
Me: No
God: Then what's the problem?

Where did the time go?

Well that went by quick! On April 29th, I took my last 2 finals and it was amazing. To celebrate, a friend and I went to Olive Garden (yum!) and hung out for the afternoon. Then we went and saw a movie.

Can't really tell you where the last little over a week went, but I have been busy. A lot to catch up on now that I am done with school. I have a month TO THE DAY to recoup, relax, and recover. I start the Becker Review for CPA at the end of this month. I am VERY much looking forward to that.

Today was pretty amazing in a lot of aspects. The main one being the way God always provides for me. I have a lot to be proud of today; not just the fact that I have now earned a bachelor degree, but also how much I have grown as a person (especially in the past few months). I am excited about what lies ahead and what God has in store for me...and I am waiting for my "Clay." (hint...One Tuesday Morning/Beyond Tuesday Morning by Karen Kingsbury)