The word discipline always has an ominous sound to it. When I think of discipline, I associate it with doing something wrong or failing.
Today I'm looking at it differently.
Discipline is learning to do something right and well.
Discipline is rolling out of bed at 5:30am to work out when the snooze button is calling your name.
Learning to deal with physical unpleasantness and pain.
Discipline is pulling out your Bible and slogging through a chapter or two, even when God feels miles away.
Learning to seek God regardless of how you feel.
Discipline is learning and training, not punishment.
...God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
Hebrews 12:10b-11
Today I'm looking at it differently.
Discipline is learning to do something right and well.
Discipline is rolling out of bed at 5:30am to work out when the snooze button is calling your name.
Learning to deal with physical unpleasantness and pain.
Discipline is pulling out your Bible and slogging through a chapter or two, even when God feels miles away.
Learning to seek God regardless of how you feel.
Discipline is learning and training, not punishment.
...God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
Hebrews 12:10b-11
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