LET THE BEATINGS BEGIN?

LET THE BEATINGS BEGIN?

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Proverbs [MKJV] 13:24; 22:15; 29:15 He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him chastens him early. … Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. … The rod and rebuke give wisdom, but a boy sent off causes shame to his mother.

  I’ll argue with anyone that raising children is not a science. It is an art. Each child is a different canvas. As siblings accumulate the picture flexes. And by the time you somewhat develop parenting skills they’re off on their own to soon repeat the experience. Do you agree?

  One of the questions they’ll face is “To spank or not?”. . . actionable by my parents and Ann and me as needed. There are Bible verses that have been, and are still used to justify corporal punishment. Yes, the switch is in those family guidance verses. But by many practitioners or naysayers often not fully understood or implemented.

  The word “rod” in OT Hebrew is not singularly about the switch. It also means “sceptre”. A sceptre represents authority granted, held, and exercised wisely or unwisely. In the context of the Book of Proverbs it means authority wisely held and practiced. Are you starting to get the fact that godly parenting is a matter of authority, not authoritarianism, not friendship, and definitely not democratic committee meetings with children with the right to decide on disciplinary matters. I would have always voted for my mother’ bathrobe sash!

  Study the Scripture for therein is wonderful workable wisdom of the Father’s ways with His children. To begin with: His rulings are immutable.

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