GOOD EVENING FBF ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT THINGS ABOUT PARENTING IS DISCIPLINING YOUR CHILDREN. THERE IS ALWAYS THAT FEELING THAT YOU ARE CREATING A DIVIDING WALL BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN BY INFLICTING DISCIPLINE ON THEM. BUT THE THOUGHTS ARE REPLACED BY THE IDEA THAT THEY WOULD GROW UP THINKING THAT THERE WOULD BE NO CONSEQUENCES TO THEIR BAD BEHAVIOR. I RECALL APPROACHING MY CHILDRENS ROOMS CONFLICTED ABOUT WHAT I KNEW I HAD TO DO. ON MANY OCCASIONS THEY WOULD ATTEMPT TO NEGOTIATE A TRUCE AND ATTEMPT TO GIVE EXPLANATIONS OF WHAT HAPPEN AND HOW I DIDNT HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO MAKE A FAIR JUDGEMENT OF GUILT OR INNOCENCE. THIS WAS A STALL. I KNEW IT! THEY KNEW IT, AND THEY KNEW I KNEW IT! WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY I WOULD ALWAYS ASK? THEY WOULD BEGIN CRY, STAMMER AND SNIFFLE, AND THEY WOULD BLURT OUT, DONT SPANK ME! TRUE FACT! GOD USES ADVERSITY IN OUR LIVES TO REMIND US OF HIS GREAT LOVE; HE USES ADVERSITY AS A FORM OF DISCIPLINE. AS MUCH AS WE SEE PAIN USED IN DISCIPLINE IN HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS, YOU WOULD THINK THAT WE WOULD READILY ACCEPT THIS PRINCIPLE IN THE CONTEXT OF OUR SPIRITUAL LIVES. TOO MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT A LOVING GOD IS NOT A GOD WHO WILL INFLICT PAIN ON HIS CHILDREN. IN THEIR MINDS THE CONCEPTS OF LOVE AND PAIN DONT MIX. BUT IN GODS ECONOMY, THE TWO GO HAND IN HAND, JUST AS THEY DO WITHIN HUMAN RELATIONS. HEBREWS 12:5-6 YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN THE EXHORTATION WHICH IS ADDRESSED TO YOU AS SONS/DAUGHTERS, DO NOT REGARD LIGHTLY THE DISCIPLINE OF THE LORD, NOR FAINT WHEN YOU ARE REPROVED BY HIM; FOR THOSE WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE DISCIPLINES, AND HE SCOURGES EVERY SON/DAUGHTER WHOM HE RECEIVES. SMALL THOUGHT HERE: LOVE NECESSITATES THE POSSIBILITY AND THE PROBABILITY OF PAIN. IF YOU THINK REAL LOVE IS ABOUT AVOIDING PAIN... WAKE UP! GOD BLESS... IF YOU HAVE A HIGH TOLERANCE FOR PAIN.. YOU ARE IN FOR A LONG HARD JOURNEY.. HOWEVER IF YOU HAVE A LOW TOLERANCE FOR PAIN... THANKS BE TO GOD! ~KAPOW!
Posted on: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 22:10:41 +0000
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