Confused

A ripple for every moment

Water smashed against a windshield, a hundred directions are revealed. Twisting and turning across the glass, drops moving about in varying mass. Liquid reproduction and honorable cooperation, to reach the outer limits of the crystal foundation. Disorder and a spontaneous design, convinces ambition to resign.

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Most children have at least one parent who cares for them, looks out for them, and loves them. Parents are naturally endowed with this responsibility, and most cherish it. And love comes in so many forms: from the constant nagging to bundle up in winter, to late night phone calls on the first day of college, to embarassing you in front of your friends, to worrying... your parents have always been there for you.

All these things are customary, but something that usually is misintrepreted is discipline. When your parent is disciplining you for something you did or something you are about to do, you probably see that as injustice. Even though they are looking out for you, trying to protect you, trying to keep you from harm; we see that as something else, something undesirable. They discipline you because they care about you, because they love you. I hope everyone can agree with that. Because if you did whatever you wanted you, whenever you wanted... you would probably be getting yourself into trouble, and comprimising your safety or your life. Your parents are there, to keep you in line and keep you safe. They don't want anything to happen to you.

Now I'm going to make an important distinction between discipline and punishment. Discipline is given for correction, or to bring an individual in a better frame of mind. Punishment is given without correction in mind, or without a declared reason. The key is correction.

Remember Noah's Ark? That cute boat carrying all the animals right? Sure! That's a nice little picture as the rest of the world drowns in a terrible flood. It is so funny how we overlook the lesson, and always fill our minds with good things. Our God is like a parent, always looking out for us, always loving us. But when we need discipline and when we need correction, He gives us a lesson. And those lessons are trials, and you may see them as punishment but they're really not. Sometimes these lessons can lead to disbelief, to disgust, or even hate... but He is always there and always loving each and every one of us. The question is: Will you remember the lesson, or remember the reason behind it?

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