Another Conviction

Wow, God is good, and he keeps to his word.  Which sometimes means well you get what you asked for.

Blessed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal. (Job 5:17-18)

 So we have been fighting about getting up earlier.  If I'm sleeping when my husband gets up I can not serve him.  That was the main point.  However, I also complained that it was difficult for me to get the house work done when I was teaching the children.  So he said "Do it before they get up - problem solved!)   So I can serve my husband, do my housework, and my bible study and worship before the kids even get up in the morning - it's perfect! Except for one thing, I have to get my lazy but out of bed before 7 in the morning.  Sheesh.

This morning I got a talking to from my heavenly Daddy at about 2am.  "I have given you a whole week of full night sleep and you only got up early ONCE.  Tonight I am going to remind you."  Poor Veronica didn't sleep well at all, she had to go potty and then I think she was having a bad dream cuz she just wanted to sit in my lap and snuggle.  Up and down, up and down, up and down from 10pm to 230am.  I prayed over her, rebuked her insomnia and loved on her and God told me what I needed to hear.

Yesterday the kitchen needed to be cleaned BADLY!  Jannel had an attitude from the very first breath out of her mouth.  Those two things don't go well together.  The morning would have gone much better if I could have sat with her while she did her work but instead we butted heads very hard as I shouted I have to do my work and you have to do yours.  All of which could have been avoided if I had simply got up that morning and done this dishes when Brian had gone off to work.

Ok I get it.  Well I've got it before just have a hard time following through with it.  What can I say my bed is comfy.  I asked him to break me of my laziness and God is faithful. 

If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes discipline), then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.
(Hebrews 12:8) - OUCH!

 Other scriptures on Discipline:

 

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid. (Proverbs 12:1)

He will die for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly. (Proverbs 5:23)

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 12:11)

He who heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray. (Proverbs 10:17)

He who ignores discipline comes to poverty and shame, but whoever heeds correction is honored. (Proverbs 13:18)

If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes discipline), then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.
(Hebrews 12:8)

We have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live! (Hebrews 12:9)

Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines for our good, that we may share in his holiness. (Hebrews 12:10)

Blessed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal. (Job 5:17-18)

The corrections of discipline are the way to life, keeping you from the immoral woman, from the smooth tongue of the wayward wife. (Proverbs 6:23-24)

You rebuke and discipline men for their sin. (Psalm 39:11) Blows and wounds cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the inmost being. (Proverbs 20:30)

The LORD has chastened me severely, but he has not given me over to death. (Psalm 118:18) Blessed is the man you discipline, O LORD, the man you teach from your law. (Psalm 94:12)