{"id":8601,"date":"2023-09-15T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=8601"},"modified":"2023-09-02T06:35:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T11:35:19","slug":"8601","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2023\/09\/15\/8601\/","title":{"rendered":"Necessary Discipline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Daily Reading:<\/strong> Isaiah 19:1-21:17<\/strong><\/a>, Galatians 2:1-16<\/strong><\/a>, Psalm 59:1-17<\/strong><\/a>, Proverbs 23:13-14<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Verse:<\/strong> \u201cDo not withhold\u00a0discipline from a child;\u00a0if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.\u201d Prov. 23:13<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Necessary discipline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Children need discipline, a controversial topic in our world today. A recent meme on Facebook illustrates the difference between my childhood and today\u2019s generation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSome of y\u2019all come from the \u2018If you quit crying, I\u2019ll buy you something\u2019 generation. We came from the \u2018If you don\u2019t quit crying, I will give you something to cry about\u2019 generation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How many times I heard my mother say, \u201cI\u2019ll give you something to cry about,\u201d I don\u2019t know. But I can tell you her tactics worked. My mother never abused me, but a swift smack to the rear didn\u2019t kill me and helped me learn the lesson. And I didn\u2019t get that many paddlings because after experiencing one, I didn\u2019t want another. The mere threat of one straightened me out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As always, I pray for parents dealing with discipline in today\u2019s world. No one should abuse their children. Parents have the difficult task of disciplining their kids in an effective manner that promotes learning and growth. God help them honor You in their efforts to raise the children given to them.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Lord, thank You for the children You\u2019ve given us. Please help parents navigate the controversial topic of discipline well. Guide and direct guardians to find effective ways of teaching their wards and helping them become responsible adults. IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One minute read. Daily Reading: Isaiah 19:1-21:17, Galatians 2:1-16, Psalm 59:1-17, Proverbs 23:13-14 Daily Verse: \u201cDo not withhold\u00a0discipline from a child;\u00a0if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.\u201d Prov. 23:13 Necessary discipline. Children need discipline, a controversial topic in our world today. A recent meme on Facebook illustrates the difference between my… Continue reading Necessary Discipline<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8601"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8605,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8601\/revisions\/8605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}