Friday! Proverbs!
Whoever spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them.
Proverbs 13:24 NIV
A favourite verse of  parents...but what is this really all about?
Our hearts.
Left to our own way, without any guidance, any boundaries, no instruction about what's right and wrong, when we think we're the centre of the universe...we become self oriented, self centred, selfish - ugly (even to a parent)
Loved, but hated at the same time.
It's only as our hearts are shaped by truth, learn about what's right, who God is, the preciousness of others... how to really love... is true beauty revealed.
And it takes someone who really loves us to shape us in that way - even if it hurts along the way...
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