God's Discipline

Last night I was reading my devotional for the day and it held the answer to my question I posted earlier: Does God punish?

Charles Stanley says, "Discipline is the tool He uses to bring focus to your life when you have drifted from His chosen path or when you are refusing to follow His instruction in a particular situation. Thorough discipline, you learn how to live a godly life."

God does not use discipline to punish His children. Rather He uses it to bring us closer to Him and to listen to His instructions for our lives.

Somehow this makes perfect sense to me, even though my parents have used discipline as punishment out of anger rather than out of love. If your parents were/are like this as well, try to remember the great love God has for you, always, no matter what sins you commit, no matter what mistakes you make. You are and always will be His child.




By the way, I plan on updating this blog more often. If you have a topic you would like see addressed (love, anger, stress, etc), please feel free to leave me a comment!