Tiny Devotional for RED Friday, 02-12-2021

 A great good morning to all my friends and neighbors in Internet Land! And to family members who have dropped by, BLACK RIFLE COFFEE SHIPMENT ARRIVED!

One who loves discipline loves knowledge,
But one who hates rebuke is stupid.
Proverbs 12:1, NASB

I’m writing this from the perspective of a parent, AND I’m going to step way out there, and say that I believe this reflects an aspect of God’s perspective as well. 

“Discipline” is a LOT more than spankings. 
Of course, there are some who insist that discipline ONLY means pain imposed on children as a consequence. They are wrong.

Discipline is teaching; training, if you prefer that word. We speak of the discipline of history, or karate, or cuisine. Parenting is a discipline; it might be the most important.

Every good parent does their best to teach their children the things they need to live a productive life (using ‘productive’ to replace ALL the other words).  I think that even BAD parents mostly do the best they know how to do; they just aren’t good at it. 

Along with teaching, parents provide protection for their children. It starts as 100% protection and provision for helpless newborns, and it changes as kids mature. Any parent of a mobile pre-schooler knows that most of the protection is keeping the child from self-damage! Perhaps that’s always the case.

If you are a parent, you know how bad it hurts when you see your child in pain; when it’s pain that comes from their own bad choices, the knife in your heart twists an extra spin.

Now, consider this: God is our Father, and He loves us. I can’t imagine the pain He feels as He sees us being stupid. Can you?


Peace be on your household.


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