Tuesday, March 19, 2013

A School Night

The writer of Hebrews tells us about Jesus, "...though he was a son he learned obedience by the things that he suffered..." (Hebrews 5:8). He wrote in chapter 12, "if you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a Father does not chasten? But if you are without chastening, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons" (Hebrews 12:7-8).

Obedience naturally involves a level of suffering because we are learning to do what is right instead of giving into our fleshly desires. For example kids may not want to go to bed at 9 pm on a school night, but as a parent you know they need enough rest to think clearly and be able to learn. As the parent we have the responsibility to make them observe a decent bedtime (Colossians 3:20).

There is a saying which continues to become more evident as the child gets older. "Parenting is not for cowards."