discipline verb transitive... 1: to punish or penalize for the sake of discipline 2: to train or develop by instruction and exercise especially in self-control...
---Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (11th Ed.)Disciplines...
not the punishment... but the training...
help us to grow through exercise...
The exercise of spiritual disciplines...
prayer...
meditation on His Word...
fasting...
obedience...
all help us to grow in our relationship with Him...
The exercise of physical disciplines...
running...
weight lifting...
walking...
maintaining a healthy diet...
all help us to grow physically stronger... healthier...
Again... none of these are particularly fun...
we may come to a point of mastery where we find joy...
and as we reap the benefits... we find joy in the growth...
but discipline in and of itself...
can... at times... feel like self-inflicted punishment...
However... experience teaches...
life is much better...
when discipline is practiced...
After all... we reap what we sow...
Do not be deceived: God is not mocked,
for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.
For the one who sows to his own flesh
will from the flesh reap corruption,
but the one who sows to the Spirit
will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
And let us not grow weary of doing good,
for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
Galatians 6:7-9 ESV
How are you when it comes to discipline...?
What are you reaping...?
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