I haven't read my Bible in what seems like ages, and I think that as I get back into it, I should read Proverbs as certain "guidelines". I've read it before, and when I opened it and was skimming through it, I came across a passage I highlited awhile back:
Proverbs 3:11-12
"My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction
For whome the LORD loveth, he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth."
Verse 12 stuck out to me because I saw a sermon preached by Joel Osteen this morning (yeah, I love that guy
) dealing with how trials make us stronger in the Lord. I just looked at it as God loving us so much that He wants only the best for us, and when He sees that we're not on the road with a "pot of gold" at the end of it, He steers us back on track, although it may not be the way that we want Him too, but it always ends up being for our benefit. I know it's no profound deep philisophical theory, but it spoke to me, and I never know: maybe there was someone that needed to hear that. I know I did.
Proverbs 3:11-12
"My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction
For whome the LORD loveth, he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth."
Verse 12 stuck out to me because I saw a sermon preached by Joel Osteen this morning (yeah, I love that guy
) dealing with how trials make us stronger in the Lord. I just looked at it as God loving us so much that He wants only the best for us, and when He sees that we're not on the road with a "pot of gold" at the end of it, He steers us back on track, although it may not be the way that we want Him too, but it always ends up being for our benefit. I know it's no profound deep philisophical theory, but it spoke to me, and I never know: maybe there was someone that needed to hear that. I know I did.
