He always has provided for me.
Even things that I did not need or expect, extra blessings on the side.
There are times, however, when God provides discipline. Something that is hard to be thankful for.
I unexpectedly got sent home from work today. Though I understand that my employer does not want to waste money (who would?), I know that I enjoy working with people and I did not realize that my boss did not want me to partner up with my coworkers to accomplish the day's tasks as it appears to him that more talking than work is happening. Now I understand what my boss expects of me and I will work hard to make it right in the future. Sometimes I have to learn lessons the hard way and thankfully it promotes character growth.
I hold myself to the standards of God and therefore I try to work hard no matter what. The tasks that I am given I complete quickly and efficiently because I know that God is watching me and I work for Him first and foremost. It's time to step it up another notch.
"Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. For the wrongdoer will paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality." - Colossians 3:23-25
This month I can tell that God has been working in my heart, humbling me in little ways. He is calling me to love others and to keep myself accountable to His truth when I am tempted to judge. The journey has been hard lately but I know that God is always at work and will continue to draw me closer to Himself. A good father disciplines his children, and God is my good Father.
"Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the LORD your God disciplines you. So you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God by walking in his ways and by fearing him." - Deuteronomy 8:5-6
"My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline or be weary of his reproof, for the LORD reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights." - Proverbs 3:11-12
"Behold, blessed is the one whom God reproves; therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty. For he wounds, but he binds up; he shatters, but his hands heal." - Job 5:17-18
Even things that I did not need or expect, extra blessings on the side.
There are times, however, when God provides discipline. Something that is hard to be thankful for.
I unexpectedly got sent home from work today. Though I understand that my employer does not want to waste money (who would?), I know that I enjoy working with people and I did not realize that my boss did not want me to partner up with my coworkers to accomplish the day's tasks as it appears to him that more talking than work is happening. Now I understand what my boss expects of me and I will work hard to make it right in the future. Sometimes I have to learn lessons the hard way and thankfully it promotes character growth.
I hold myself to the standards of God and therefore I try to work hard no matter what. The tasks that I am given I complete quickly and efficiently because I know that God is watching me and I work for Him first and foremost. It's time to step it up another notch.
"Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. For the wrongdoer will paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality." - Colossians 3:23-25
This month I can tell that God has been working in my heart, humbling me in little ways. He is calling me to love others and to keep myself accountable to His truth when I am tempted to judge. The journey has been hard lately but I know that God is always at work and will continue to draw me closer to Himself. A good father disciplines his children, and God is my good Father.
"Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the LORD your God disciplines you. So you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God by walking in his ways and by fearing him." - Deuteronomy 8:5-6
"My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline or be weary of his reproof, for the LORD reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights." - Proverbs 3:11-12
"Behold, blessed is the one whom God reproves; therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty. For he wounds, but he binds up; he shatters, but his hands heal." - Job 5:17-18
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