Having a good name
My pastor has been preaching about character. I really enjoy this teaching because I really need to bring my character in check. He explainded the different between discipline and punishment. Discipline is to correct us. As children we should be disciplined when we do things incorrectly. Punishment is to pay for some wrong that was done. I've been reading The Bond by the Three Doctors and in the book Dr. Sampson talks about how parents should discipline with love--let their children know the reason for the correction and let them know it's not to punish. My pastor brought out the point that the prisons are called correctional facilities, but how much correction is going on in those types of facilities? I've been thinking about this an about how I deal with discipline--as an adult. I don't take it well and I've come to the conclusion that when I'm disciplined I feel like I'm being punished so I don't know how to receive it out of love. I want to be a disciplined person--I believe that is what's lacking in my life--among other things, but because it wasn't done correctly as a child I have a hard time dealing with it as an adult.
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