
Daily Devotion
17 January
“He who spares his rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him promptly.”
PROVERBS 13:24
Discipline is like the cane used to temper the waywardness of a child
Strict disciplinarian rules of a household can never change your child’s behavior. When a child feels constrained, your care and concern for them may be misinterpreted as “treating them like a prisoner” and this notion will follow them all the way to adulthood. Let go and let God! Intercede daily before His throne. Set a good example for them and you will see them grow up to be fine men and women of God. For what you cannot control, God can!
中文
「不忍用杖打兒子的,是恨惡他;庝愛兒子的,隨時管教。」
—(箴言十三章24節)
管教有如用來調教任性孩子的杖
無比嚴格的家規並不能改變你孩子的行為。當孩子感到備受壓迫與束縛時,你對他們所有的關心與掛慮可能都被誤解為「把他們當作囚犯」,而且這樣的想法會跟著他們直到成年。放手讓神來管吧!每天來到祂的寶座前為孩子代求,並自己作好榜樣,你會看到他們長大後成為神所重用的天國棟樑。惟有神可以管得住你用盡法子卻管王動的孩子。
Bahasa Indonesia
Siapa tidak menggunakan tongkat, benci kepada anaknya; tetapi siapa mengasihi anaknya, menghajar dia pada waktunya. AMSAL 13:24