Discipline

For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. Hebrews 12:11. Trials are like this for me. They seem super unpleasant and hard. They shape us and help us grow into the people God wants us to be. Discipline is different from punishing. Discipline is putting us on the right path and learning to follow it. Punishing is from when you have already done something wrong. I feel like God disciplines us to help us fulfill the purpose that he was for us in our lives. I don't think that he punishes us because the consequences to what we do are punishment enough. I want that discipline so that I can yield the fruit of righteousness. I want to be trained by it through Jesus Christ.