"And have you forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons: My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son. Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?"
Hebrews 12:5-7
Ahh.....that's my problem! I've forgotten the "encouragement" of discipline. I've not considered my trials and hardship to be "pure joy" (James 1:2). Instead, I've become a big whiny baby. Every morning, I wake up grumbling and complaining and even I'm getting sick of myself. In order to spare you that, I've decided to take a blogging break for the month of August and spend the month fixing my eyes on Jesus. I'm removing everything - and I mean everything - that distracts me from Christ so I can understand the point of this discipline. This sucks. Ok, that was the last of my complaining.
I'll be back in September and hopefully I'll be stronger and no longer clueless, or at least less clueless. Something good's gotta come out of this right?
And by the way, this whole passage of scripture is very instructive - Read, through all of Hebrews 12. I'm going to try to practice 12:12-13..."Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. Make level paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed."
Whatever that means...........
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