Proverbs 29:17
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea,
he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Sometimes we feel we need rest so we don’t correct
our children. They will give us rest as
we choose to correct them. It takes a
lot of effort up front but in the long run it will give us the rest we
need. The little things we train them in
now will protect them from the big mistakes they could make later. It is like weeding a garden before the weeds
take deep root. Sure, it takes a
consistent effort to go out daily and remove the little weeds but we won’t have
such a strenuous job later. The
motivation of having rest and having our children give delight to our soul can
be the right one in order to correct them.
Note that the word ‘correct’ is used and not ‘punishment’. We ought to
remember that the rest and delight from correcting the behavior using the rod
and reproof.
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