Hebrews 12:11
No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
“What the world needs now is love, sweet love. It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of” (Jackie DeShannon). I think the form of love it needs is discipline. So maybe we can change the verse in the song to read, “What the world needs now is discipline, sweet discipline. It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of.”
I want to go on the books right now is saying there is a HUGE difference between discipline and punishment. Punishment is what you do to harm someone else. You use it for revenge or to break someone. Discipline is used to help someone grow, guide them, and build them up. With discipline comes love and grace. Two things the world lacks today!
I am not sure exactly where we stopped disciplining children, but you can see in society today that something went wrong somewhere. We now have adults who seemed to be living for themselves only with no regard for anyone else. Respect for people and things is a passé. We are not seeing a harvest of righteousness and peace.
So where do we begin to make a change? We start by learning to discipline ourselves. Learning to let God show us where and how to change. I know it is easier to blame someone else for everything, but it is time we learned to ask God to change our hearts and mind to His will before we pray for the other guy.
I want to see change, Lord. Start with me! ~amen
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