Sa una, States, I did not like how my father was so very stern with me and was so quick to correct me. It did not occur to me that my father corrected me in order to steer me towards the right path and not towards the path of darkness and corruptibility. When I was disciplined, my father picked me up with his hand and embraced me saying to my ear , "Doy, gi latos ka nako kai pinangga ka nako; dili ko gusto nga mag rebelde ka nako. I correct you because I love you." And i can hear his voice even now. In my rebellious years as an adolescent, I did not understand this.
Then, much later, in my early 20's, when I started to study the Bible, I realize that it is a biblical mandate that parents, in particular, fathers, not to forget to correct his child / children. As it is said that a father's correction is done out of love; and a father who does not correct or discipline his child does not love his child.
When I become a father some day, I will also instill on my children the fear of God as my father instilled on me and on my siblings. Because when a parent corrects a child, he does it out of Love.
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"Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live! Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it."-Hebrews 12: 9-11Linkback:
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