We\u2019re all familiar with the adage, \u201cThis is going to hurt me more than it is you.\u201d What are we talking about? Exactly! \u2013 applying the board of education to the seat of our children\u2019s pants. When I was a kid and on the receiving end of this parental non-sequitur, I didn\u2019t buy it. I remember being the one who was crying and nursing my wounded butt. I never saw my mom or dad do either, following one of our family bonding times.<\/p>\n
However, when I became a parent and assumed my new role as giver instead of receiver, I began to see discipline a tad differently. When my only son, Andy, would misbehave, I\u2019d send him off to his room for 15 minutes with the instruction, \u201cI want you to think about what you just did.\u201d What he didn\u2019t know is that I was the one who needed that de-escalation time to recapture my cool \u2013 so I wouldn\u2019t be arrested for murder.<\/p>\n
After I had regained my composure, I\u2019d go into Andy\u2019s room and ask for his version of what had just gone down. Usually, he proved largely accurate. Then I\u2019d ask him if he needed to apologize to anyone. Sometimes he\u2019d name a person or two (and when our bonding time was eventually over, we\u2019d follow-through with those apologies).<\/p>\n
There was one Person, however, to Whom he always needed to offer an apology; because every offense is first and foremost a sin against God. So, Andy and I would spend the next few moments praying together so he could apologize to God and ask for His forgiveness. Then I\u2019d say to Andy, \u201cGiven your offense, what do you think would be fair and equal pain-ishment?\u201d Typically, he\u2019d say he deserved a spanking. I obliged \u2013 but always with the sense of hating it! for beyond my disappointment over his misbehavior, I realized He disappointed His Heavenly Father even more.<\/p>\n
I discovered early on in parenthood the meaning to, \u201cThis is going to hurt me more than it is you.\u201d It\u2019s because of this natural, parental heartache over disciplining our children that leads us, on this otherwise joyful Easter morning, to probe a Biblical passage that often baffles even the sincerest Christian. Why not come out this Resurrection morn to hear more on this subject in a sermon I\u2019ve entitled, \u201cA Delightful Death.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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