Proverbs 12:1 (NLT)

To learn, you must love discipline; it is stupid to hate correction.

It would be nice to love discipline, but most of the time we are focused on the pain involved. Remember when your parents would say, “you’ll thank me later”? I think that’s what the Lord is saying each time He lovingly disciplines his children and you know, I do thank Him. What wonderful lessons are learned from a loving hand of discipline!

My prayer for the prodigal is that they would learn to love discipline, that they would see the value of lessons learned in hard seasons.

Proverbs 12:1 (NLT)

To learn, ________ must love discipline; it is stupid to hate correction.